Publish your textbook
The Textbook Project welcomes proposals for textbooks whose public value is limited by price, language, conventional distribution, or the absence of lawful access: course texts, foundational introductions, and works teachers need students to reach without cost.
Publication is chapter by chapter, with peer review, curated translations where available, and transparent revision. A2KF does not charge authors to publish, and readers access the work without paywalls under the applicable licence.
The bargain is different from commercial textbook publishing. Instead of handing a manuscript to an intermediary that may restrict access while returning little to the author, you keep intellectual control and see the work serve students, teachers, and independent readers directly.
The platform is best suited to works that can benefit from open access, careful review, and multilingual or regionally adapted versions — where a living online edition is more useful than a static print run.
If you are preparing a textbook manuscript, please get in touch with a brief outline of the subject, intended readership, expected structure, and stage of completion.
Peer review
Every textbook on The Textbook Project is reviewed before publication and may be revised after publication in light of scholarly feedback.
Reviewers are selected for subject expertise and teaching experience. The review asks whether the work is accurate, teachable, conceptually clear, and fair to the field it introduces.
Published chapters identify their version and revision history. When a chapter changes substantively, the version number and date change with it so teachers and readers can cite the correct text.
Reader corrections and regional feedback are treated as part of the scholarly life of the book, not as a failure of publication. The online format makes responsible correction possible without waiting for a new print run.