Guide to Modifying Open Textbooks

Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know
This is a five-step guide for faculty, and those who support faculty, who want to modify an open textbook. Step-by-step instructions for importing and editing common open textbook file and platform types are included.

The guide above from the Open Textbook Network gives five detailed steps for identifying and selecting an Open Textbook that can be modified for your class. The steps included in this guide include the following:

Check license
Identify format
Assess editability
Determine access
Publish textbook

They include specific information for working with five very common types of OER:

PDF
HTML
MOBI and EPUB
Pressbooks
OpenStax

We highly recommend this guide for those who want to customize their own Open Textbook for a course!