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RAIDER Publishing

Publishing affordable digital textbooks by TTU faculty for TTU students.

What We're Looking For

RAIDER Publishing aims to publish textbooks written by TTU faculty which will be adopted in TTU classrooms.

What do we mean by textbooks?

RAIDER Publishing defines textbooks as works written for classroom adoption, whether traditional textbooks, readers, or lab manuals.

We're accepting proposals for:

  • Ideas for unwritten books
  • Manuscripts which have yet to be published
  • New printings or editions of previously published works 

We are especially interested in books which:

  • Are customized for TTU classes
  • Will be used in high enrollment classes
  • Replace expensive textbooks, or
  • Have no low-cost or open alternative*

However, all proposals will be considered, and we encourage you to submit if you have a textbook idea.

Proposals from all colleges and departments are welcome.

 

*If you are unsure if there is an open alternative but are interested in searching, please contact the Digital Services Librarian for assistance.

Thinking of Submitting a Previously Published Work?

Before submitting a proposal for a reprint or new edition of a previously published work, check to see who owns the copyright and the rights to publish the original work.  Many publishers require authors to sign over copyright as a part of the publication contract.  Alternatively, authors may have copyright registered in their name but sign over exclusive publication rights to the original publisher.   However, if the book is out of print or the original print run was a number of years ago, publishers may revert publication rights to the author upon request. 
 
Before submitting a proposal for a previously published work,
  • Check your original contract
    • Who owns the copyright?
    • What rights did you sign over to the publisher?
  • If you do not own copyright and publication rights, check with the original publisher to see if they will revert publication rights to you
    • Get proof of rights reversion in writing
    • If you need assistance with this request, please contact the Digital Publishing Librarian
We cannot publish works if the authors do not own the publication rights and we do ask for proof of such rights as a part of the proposal process.  
 
If you have you have any questions, please contact the Digital Publishing Librarian.