Options, Alternatives, and Textbook Publishing

1978 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Paul McCluskey
Keyword(s):  
Textbook Publishing

Textbook Publishing

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (7) ◽  
pp. 498-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert T. Sewall
Keyword(s):  
Textbook Publishing

The Decline of College Textbook Publishing: Cengage Learning and McGraw-Hill

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-299
Author(s):  
Bob Carbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
College Textbook ◽  
Revenue Streams ◽  
Textbook Publishing ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
The U.S

America’s college textbook publishers historically had a business model based on continuing profits and growth led by high prices. However, that model eroded as competition from the used-book market and rental textbooks resulted in falling textbook sales and losses for publishers. Textbook publishers are currently revising their business model so as to move away from printed textbooks to digital (online) educational materials. Also, publishers are downsizing their operations and undergoing mergers with each other to survive in the marketplace. The 2019 merger proposal of McGraw-Hill and Cengage Learning reflects the current problems of college textbook publishing: The merger would be between two financially weak companies that are attempting to reduce overhead and production costs and create additional revenue streams. However, the U.S. Department of Justice’s concerns about the harmful effects on competition led to the companies’ agreement to abandon their plans to merge in May 2020. JEL Classification: A00, K21, L22, L41

scholarly journals Powerful knowledge and the textbook

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicky Platt
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Policy Environment ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Powerful Knowledge ◽  
Textbook Publishing ◽  
Future 2 ◽  
Textbook Development ◽  
Subject Specialist

This article draws on experience both within commercial textbook publishing and on textbook-development projects at the UCL Institute of Education to interrogate the current dynamics of 'neoliberal' edu-business (after Ball, 2012). The author discusses some damaging limitations inherent in publishing coursebooks predicated on what Young and Muller (2010) term a 'Future 2' approach, and outlines the potential benefits of classroom materials that allow 'knowledge' and 'text' back in. The discussion is situated mainly in the context of England, where a subject-specialist approach to teaching and learning is strongly advocated in the policy environment.

College Textbook Publishing

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
JACINTO E. SUAREZ
Keyword(s):  
College Textbook ◽  
Textbook Publishing
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