This is a true story about how a group of teachers, parents, kids, and friends wrote and distributed their own textbook. (RC)

Over-the-transom'' proposals for college textbooks continue to flood editors' desks, but very few are properly prepared. This article suggests both guidelines for a good proposal, as well as some additional hints for textbook publication. (Author/JA)

Suggests guidelines for writing thorough textbook proposals beginning with the cover letter and ending with a discussion of current fashions. (RB)

Describes the problems inherent in the publishing industry's use of outside reviewers to determine the worth of textbook manuscripts. (IRT)

Closet drama illustrating how the desire for mass commercial acceptability may cause a stimulating and informative textbook to end up in an editor's wastebasket. (DE)

Offers tips on what to do and what to avoid when preparing materials for publication. The "Biographical Dictionary of American Educators" serves as a case study. (DB)

The relationship between educational textbook publishers and parents has, in the past, been restricted to parents glancing at their children's textbooks. Now, however, as a result of a general increase of interest in education, the schools' need for parental help in the learning process, and the increased instructional focus of the media (such as…

Discusses the importance of increasing the level of participation and partnership of the illustrator with the author and publisher in textbook publishing. (CMV)

Projects a general description of a 1985 Social Studies Textbook that is based on what text publishers are designing at this time; advocates that educators express their needs to publishers before the judgments are final. (MAT)

Author reviews the commercialism of textbook publishers in the nineteenth century. (Editor)