Western Open Books is a publishing service dedicated to supporting WSU academic authors in creating and publishing high-quality open texts. These resources are provided at no cost to students and are designed for use in curricula or microcredentials. Additionally, Western Open Books produces free, openly accessible texts that align with and advance the University's Sustainable Development Goals.
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A genomic approach to understanding common diseases in human populations
This final-year (Year 3) undergraduate textbook introduces students to the principles of genome-wide approaches used to study common polygenic traits.
Sur-Sur Southern knowledges: Education, sustainability and social transformation
Blending theory with real-world case studies, this open book explores how knowledge can inspire dignity, responsibility, and solidarity in a shared vision of global citizenship.
Business-to-business omnichannel marketing: Technology enabled customer-centricity
Provides an overview of omnichannel marketing in the B2B space and offers a framework for developing and managing omnichannel marketing.
Sustainable Development Without Borders: Western Sydney University to the World 2025 edition
Maximises access to the wealth of knowledge shared during the 17 Thought Leadership events held from November 2022 to November 2023.
Africa’s Knowledge Bridge: Empowering Global Access to Research Resources in a COVID World
Provides a one-stop repository for first-hand evidence on COVID, eliminating concerns about payments and subscriptions for people in developing countries.
Sports marketing: An Australian perspective
Learn general marketing knowledge and theories relevant to the sports industry, such as sponsorship, endorsements, customer experience, pricing, and operations.
Customer Insights, 2nd edition
Curated to ensure that the practice of data collection, analysis, and interpretation is presented from an industry perspective.
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Sports marketing: An Australian perspective 2nd edition
This textbook was developed to better reflect the realities of sport marketing within the Australian context and to address a clear gap in existing resources available to students.
People and organisations
This open textbook introduces students to core principles of people management and organisational analysis across contemporary business contexts.
Customer Insights, 3rd edition
As decision-makers are bombarded with data, it is important to have an Insights Team or Department which can sift through it all and identify those nuggets of information that can meaningfully explain human behaviour.
Anatomy and Physiology of Livestock, Companion, and Wildlife Species
A sound knowledge of anatomy and physiology is fundamental for working with animals.
Critical Analysis of Seminal Papers in Business
Curated to ensure that the practice of data collection, analysis, and interpretation is presented from an industry perspective.
Academic experience with Western Open Books
https://www.youtube.com/embed/56YS1ry2aLI
Senior Lecturer, Doctor Aila Khan on choosing to publish with Western Open Books versus another method of book publishing:
Dr Khan, Dr Hossain and Dr Amin are the authors of Customer Insights, Second Edition https://doi.org/10.26183/vsp0-vh04
https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMVgVoPiak8
Senior Lecturer in Sports Management Doctor Jess Richards (FHEA) on creating an open textbook for use in her new subject ‘Sports Marketing’:
Dr Richards is the author of Sports Marketing: An Australian Perspective https://doi.org/10.26183/yy8m-px66
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fIrKNIeOu8U
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