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Quick Tips for Marketing Your New Books
You’ve put time, effort, and expertise into creating a high quality book on Pressbooks, and now it’s time to help it find its audience. If you’re publishing through an educational institution, there are a number of things you can do to increase the visibility of your work. Below, we’ve outlined several ways Pressbooks can help you highlight your new book, along with additional outreach strategies… Continue Reading Quick Tips for Marketing Your New Books
Florence Piron, Pioneer of Open Publishing in Francophonie
Last week, we lost someone near and dear in the Pressbooks universe: Florence Piron (EN / FR). Florence, a wonderful and generous person, was a professor at Université de Laval… Continue Reading Florence Piron, Pioneer of Open Publishing in Francophonie
BCcampus OER is Now Discoverable in Pressbooks Directory
This post is a joint announcement with the folks from BCcampus. Clint Lalonde, open education project manager for BCcampus, writes, “Discoverability of open textbooks has always been a challenge, and… Continue Reading BCcampus OER is Now Discoverable in Pressbooks Directory
Excellent OER to Celebrate During Black History Month and Beyond
Open education can be used as a tool for combating anti-Black racism. It contributes significantly to a more equitable education system which has direct impact on black and brown communities.… Continue Reading Excellent OER to Celebrate During Black History Month and Beyond
Our Favorite Books of 2020
We chose books that caught our eyes in 2020 With the introduction of Pressbooks Directory, Pressbooks users (including the Pressbooks staff) have been discovering OER faster and with more enthusiasm… Continue Reading Our Favorite Books of 2020
Introducing Pressbooks Directory
Enabling the 5Rs with a powerful tool for searching and sharing books When Pressbooks educational product manager Steel Wagstaff heard from a long time client, “I wish there was a… Continue Reading Introducing Pressbooks Directory
Supercharged OER at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Kwantlen Polytechnic University was the first Canadian institution to launch a zero-textbook-cost program. To support its growing open education efforts, KPU adopted Pressbooks to help faculty create and share custom… Continue Reading Supercharged OER at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
USask’s OER Program Expands from Adaptation into Ancillary Resources
Staff at the Teaching and Learning Centre and Distance Education units at the University of Saskatchewan are steadily building their OER program. They started with the adoption and adaptation of… Continue Reading USask’s OER Program Expands from Adaptation into Ancillary Resources
Pressbooks is Backbone for Nascent OER Efforts at University of Central Florida
It was while searching for a tool to help an American Government professor adapt an open textbook that James Paradiso, an instructional designer at University of Central Florida, discovered his… Continue Reading Pressbooks is Backbone for Nascent OER Efforts at University of Central Florida
University of Minnesota Publishes Research on Affordable Content
The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and Examples, edited by Kristi Jensen and Shane Nackerud, is one of the latest books to… Continue Reading University of Minnesota Publishes Research on Affordable Content