How To Make Your Own Textbook
Everyone has had to read through numerous textbooks during their educational journey. The textbooks started off pretty small in elementary school, got thicker through middle school and high school, and became back breaking heavy in college. And while most textbooks are very straightforward and informative, they tend to be a little on the dry side. Believe it or not, with the right amount of knowledge and the patience to write it all down you could create your own textbook.
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Instructions
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Research your subject well. You can gather information from personal experience, experts and previously printed texts.
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Write out an outline and a rough draft for your textbook and then your final draft. You can type out your textbook in any computer word program or you can purchase specialty software.
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Join the self publishing website Lulu. When registering you will have to provide them with your name and email address. You will create a username, password and a name for the store front that Lulu will provide to you.
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Log into your Lulu account and click on the publish tab.
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Choose textbooks from the available types of books that you can publish and then choose which type of cover you would like (hardcover or paperback).
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Give your textbook a title and then choose as to whether to keep your book private or public. If you make the textbook available for public sales, it will be sold on the Lulu website as well as Amazon.
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Choose the size, binding and color of your textbook and click on the "Save & Continue" button located in the bottom right hand corner of the page.
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Upload your textbook to the Lulu website. Your textbook is now ready to be printed. Order as many copies as you like.
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Tips & Warnings
Have a friend or coworker look over your textbook before you have it printed. Sometimes it takes an different set of eyes to find grammar or factual mistakes.
Remember to get the proper release forms signed if you are going to be using previously printed materials or other people's ideas and artwork.
