Documentation talk:Open Textbook Publishing Guide/Release Plan

This will benefit from specific UBC examples, service information, etc. We can really customize a lot of this content. e.g. Submit the book to institutional and OER repositories - let's provide detail and links on this.

Can you work on customizing this and we can meet again?

ALso, add a section on ISBNs from the OSIP pressbook:

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a system of unique identification numbers for books, pamphlets, educational kits, CD-ROMs and other forms of print, digital and electronic publications. Once an ISBN has been assigned, it acts as a unique, internationally recognized identifier.

UBC Library offers support for acquiring an ISBN for publications. To learn more about this service and request support, contact UBC Library.

Dr. Tony Bates discusses the reasons to acquire an ISBN for an open textbook in his blogpost, ISBN and citation for ‘Teaching in a Digital Age.’[1]. Bates reasons include:

Requirements by citation styles to provide the ISBN when citing at book Legal deposit required by Canada for electronic books to be deposited in Library and Archives Canada. Legal deposit provides better access to your book which will not have a space in Library and Archives Canada for download. "Bates, T. (August 9, 2016). ISBN and citation for ‘Teaching in a Digital Age.’ Retrieved on October 10, 2019 at https://www.tonybates.ca/2016/08/09/isbn-and-citation-for-teaching-in-a-digital-age/" ↵

Actually look at the last section of the OSIP pressbook. We've written content already and might as well use it: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/osippressbooksworkshop/part/sharing-your-open-textbook/

Done!

A few questions:

1. What is this page for? Is it the introduction to the section?
2. It may be useful to look up some literature on how people do book releases in the traditional publishing realm - how do they get the word out about the book, etc. I think developing a list of strategies would be helpful. Perhaps start with looking around and then we can chat together on what is reasonable for an OE text release - e.g. sending out through OE listservs, org newsletters, etc.
3. There is no post-release info. Any reason why?