The Seventeenth International Conference on Books, Publishing & Libraries

Abstract

This paper presents the experiences of a professor from a large U.S. university preparing and using a literary textbook available free of charge to students and teachers to use, adapt, and modify. The book is a brief anthology of Spanish Romanticism with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes, and includes a historical introduction and period-specific visual art. The paper discusses conception, focus, sources, layout, software, peer-editing, distribution, student reception, and professional review. This project is a small example of textbook publishing that gives more readers access to books, allows more authors to publish highly specialized books, and invites more people to modify and adapt books.