Free the Textbook

 Resources to make your own OER

• Modifying an Open textbook: What you need to know is a five-step guide to modify an open textbook.
• Lulu.com is an inexpensive way to offer a bound copy of open source materials.
• Authoring Open Textbooks from the Open Textbook Network, features a checklist for getting started, case studies of publishing programs, textbook organization and elements, writing resources, and an overview of useful tools.
• Open Education Self-Publishing Guide from BCcampus provides details on the preparation, planning, writing, publication, and maintenance of an open textbook.
• Open Textbook Toolkit created by several universities in Canada is for faculty who want to create their first open textbook.
• Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students from the Open Textbook Network is a handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other OER.