This is a list of links to textbooks originally created by openstax.org that have been converted into GitHub repositories so you can:

• derive your own copy (aka Fork)
• suggest edits (aka Pull Request)
• report errata in the text (aka Issues) using tools GitHub provides
• read the books online instantly using GitHub Pages

The "canonical" version of the books are in openstax.org and these repositories are mirrors of those versions. These books are licensed CC-BY (or CC-BY-NC-SA) so you can customize them for your course!

• Algebra and Trigonometry
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Astronomy
• Biology
• Calculus (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Concepts of Biology
• Chemistry
• Economics
• Microbiology
• Physics
• Psychology
• Precalculus
• Sociology
• Statistics
• US History

Each book repository contains a link at the top to view the book in a book reader. If you derive a copy, your book (and any changes you make) will be automatically hosted at http://${YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME}.github.io/${BOOK_NAME} thanks to GitHub Pages.

If you want to customize the books you will need to:

• create a GitHub account
  • See the GitHub Guides for an introduction
• learn how to Fork a Repository (it's easy!)
  • fork one of the books listed above
• learn about Markdown, a wiki format (similar to what wikipedia uses)

If you want to view your custom book you will need to:

• do the steps above (make sure you change something about the book first!)
• go to http://${YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME}.github.io/${THE_REPOSITORY_NAME}
  • If you see a 404 page then you probably did not change something about the book first (Try editing _config.yml and changing the title to something like Prof X's Biology Book derived from OpenStax ... and making a commit)

If you want to suggest edits (like typos or broken images) you will need to:

• learn about Pull Requests

If you want to let other people edit your version of the book you will need to:

• learn about GitHub permissions

Note: You can probably ignore this part

See book-updater for details.