{"id":19,"date":"2017-08-02T19:02:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/selfpublishguide\/front-matter\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:02:09","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/selfpublishguide\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"When BCcampus Open Education began, its Authoring Guide<\/a><\/em> [New Tab]<\/a><\/a> was created to assist faculty and staff in this province with not only writing open textbooks, but also adapting and adopting them. Basic information about open education and its resources were included as everyone began learning about this new way of teaching and learning. To our surprise and pleasure, others adapted this guide to fit their institution's or region's needs.\n\nMuch has happened since then. An increasing number of faculty and staff are writing open textbooks, creating a growing demand for a resource that will guide authors through not just the textbook-writing process, but also the many steps needed to carry a textbook -- an openly-licensed<\/em> textbook with its own unique requirements -- to completion. Some authors are fortunate to have the backing of an academic press or open textbook publisher. For authors who do not have this support, this Self-Publishing Guide<\/em> is for you.\n\nUsing our Authoring Guide<\/em> as a framework, all of the internal processes used and experiences gathered by BCcampus Open Education project managers during the first phases of the B.C. Open Textbook Project have been included in this volume. Sections about the adaptation and adoption of open textbooks and how to use Pressbooks have been removed and added to separate guides.\n\nI have done my best, when writing this guide, to model what we preach by following the best practices outlined in it. Some of the extra steps taken with this guide include:\n\n

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