Questions tagged [books]
Related to academic books, including scholarly books, textbooks, and reference books. Considerations related to publishing academic books, choosing textbooks, etc., come under this tag.
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What are options for a second edition of an article
I've seen second editions of philosophical articles. For example, Quine's From a Logical Point of View is a collection of articles, some of them updated. But I have never seen a second edition of an ...
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Recommendation for a journal for an amateur to publish a biblical archaeology article in [closed]
I have a theory about the chronology of the Exodus. I am in retrospect neither a Minimalist, a Maximalist, nor a supporter of the New Chronology. I'm not a believer in actual miracles, but nonetheless ...
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Best way to read academic/scientific books [duplicate]
I’m a computer science student in the second semester. I passed all my first exams fairly well and can follow my lectures quite decent (usually).
But whenever I want to dig deeper into a topic and try ...
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How do you release a previously published, copyrighted work as open access?
I am working on an open-access textbook. I have the permission of an author to use material from a previously published book from 20 years ago which the publisher returned the rights to digital ...
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Do academic libraries preserve the contents of books before selling them?
I’m a mathematician (after a fashion), working in industry, and I find great value in older books about geometry, written between around 1850 and 1920. I notice that my favorite books are often ...
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Moving abroad with books marked "for sale in Indian subcontinent only"
I am soon going to move from India to Norway. I own multiple reference books that will be relevant to my work in the future as well and I plan to move with my books. Several of the editions that I own ...
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What is the point of an academic monograph / peer-reviewed book?
I'm currently co-authoring a book-chapter with another scientist. We're writing a review of sea ice variability and trends in an "AGU Physical Monograph" (published by Wiley) on Earth's ...
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Does the color of the leather binding for a thesis / dissertation denote anything?
I'm getting a couple bound copies of my dissertation for myself and my parents. Just like academic regalia has meanings behind the colors of the uniform, I was wondering if there was also some ...
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What are some good techniques for reading a textbook?
I'm a newly admitted grad student for computer science. I've always had an extremely difficult time with taking notes, reading, and retaining information from reading. I find that I'm only able to ...
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Is there something like presenting a book review at a conference? [closed]
Excuse me if I tickle your fancies.
But it is really on my mind, and what better place could I find than this one to put it upfront!
Can one present or read a mathematics book review at a mathematics ...
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Maintaining a Public Handbook: Collaborative editing, online viewing, plus good-quality PDF output?
This is a question for anyone who has had to maintain a set of guidelines or handbook which might be fairly long (book-length) with multiple sections. The ideal case would be a system where revisions ...
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Is it legal to share some exercises with solutions of a book with students?
I am going to teach a course in the Winter term and I have access to the solution manual provided by the publisher. Is it legal to share some questions (not the whole questions) with their answers ...
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Is it unethical to download a pirated copy of a textbook to evaluate its content, then buy if worth it? [closed]
Textbooks are expensive. If I want to buy one, I want to make sure that the content will be worth it. The sample chapters on Amazon might not be enough to make a careful evaluation. Some websites ...
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Are niche topic textbooks normally published by vanity presses or traditional ones?
My understanding is that while a traditional publisher invests its own resources to market and publish a book with the hope of getting enough revenue to cover their costs, vanity publishers charge the ...
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Is it a good idea to lend or rent textbooks to students?
I teach in a college and I have a small annual fund allowing me to purchase textbooks. If I do not use this fund, it will expire every academic year and thus I am considering creative ways that I can ...
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