Are you interested in writing a textbook?
OUP is committed to providing teaching and learning materials at every level of higher education. We investigate student and lecturer needs and incorporate their requirements into our textbooks. Online Resource Centres are an important part of our publshing and provide essential support for lecturers and students.
OUP offers the very highest quality publishing advice and support to our textbook authors. OUP Commissioning Editors work closely with you to develop content to meet market needs. Our international branch network ensures access to the widest markets, and the name 'OUP' is synonymous with the very highest educational and publishing quality.
If you are interested in writing a textbook, please refer to the author guidelines below, and then contact us either by sending an email, or by writing to us at:
Higher Education Department
Oxford University Press
Great Clarendon street
Oxford
OX2 6DP
Textbook support
Download textbook proposal preparation guidelines (PDF 112 kB). These guidelines include a brief description of what editors in the Higher Education Department might expect to be included in a proposal for a new textbook or student-centred text.
Download textbook author guidelines (PDF 434 kB) to ensure that your typescript is prepared in a way that will ensure a smooth production process for your book.
Online Resource Centre support
Before you begin authoring your web content, take a look at our demonstration Online Resource Centre, which contains some key resources that you can try out and possibly consider for your own site.
Download Online Resource Centre author guidelines (PDF 916 kB) to ensure that web material is prepared in a way that will ensure a smooth production process for your website.
Download Online Resource Centre Word template (Word 20 kB) for use when compiling updates and other Word-based resources for your site.
Download Online Resource Centre PowerPoint template (PPT 39 kB) to use as a basis when preparing materials for your site.
Download student multiple choice question template (Word 109 kB) to use when authoring MCQs for the student area of the Online Resource Centre.
Test bank templates
There are six question types available to you when authoring your test bank:
Test bank demonstration
To see how each of the six question types works, follow the instructions given in the web author guidelines (above) and
download the test bank demonstration (ZIP 1.2MB).
Please note this is a large file and may take a few minutes to download.
