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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Business-to-Business Omnichannel Marketing
Provides an overview of omnichannel marketing in the B2B space and offers a framework for developing and managing omnichannel marketing.
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Business Literacy Skills: The Essential Companion
Uses interactive engaging material and real-world case studies to introduce students to academic literacies with a business lens.
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Sustainable Development Without Borders
Maximises access to the wealth of knowledge shared during the 17 Thought Leadership events held from November 2022 to November 2023.
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Africa’s Knowledge Bridge
Provides a one-stop repository for first-hand evidence on COVID, eliminating concerns about payments and subscriptions for people in developing countries.
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Sports Marketing
Learn general marketing knowledge and theories relevant to the sports industry, such as sponsorship, endorsements, customer experience, pricing, and operations.
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Customer Insights, 2nd ed.
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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