Category Archives: Publishing

“Why I self-publish with Amazon”

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

I stumbled across this great post by Robert Ghrist of the University of Pennsylvania.  More people should read and follow it.  I’ll add that I agree with nearly everything he says and add one additional positive that’s not explicit:  by … Continue reading →

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Active Calculus 2018 Workbooks – now available in print

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

New for 2018, we’ve created bound, print versions of the activities workbooks for Active Calculus.  There’s one for chapters 1-4 (the typical first semester differential calculus material), and another for chapters 5-8 (the typical second semester integral calculus). Each workbook … Continue reading →

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Active Calculus 2018 – new edition

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

I’m excited to share several updates to Active Calculus: 1. New 2018 edition of Active Calculus – single variable The 2018 HTML version is now live at https://activecalculus.org/single/.  The PDF will be posted in the near future on a new page … Continue reading →

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Prelude to Active Calculus – feedback sought

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

I’ve been awarded a sabbatical for the fall semester of 2018 to write a new free, open-source textbook for GVSU’s new MTH 124: Functions and Models.  The purpose of this course is to prepare students not-yet-ready for calculus for a … Continue reading →

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A few updates to the HTML version of Active Calculus

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

I’ve made the following corrections to fix some typos and other errors: The statement of the quotient rule in Section 2.5 mistakenly stipulated that the derivative of the denominator be nonzero, when of course it’s the denominator function itself must … Continue reading →

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A new home for Active Calculus: https://activecalculus.org

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

I’m pleased to announce that the HTML version of Active Calculus will now be found at https://activecalculus.org/single/. At https://activecalculus.org/ you’ll find a landing page that includes an overview of features of the text, links to the various versions of the text, … Continue reading →

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“Priced at nearly $100 less than the competition”

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Matt Boelkins

(I’m overdue to post something meaningful in this space, but today’s email made this post irresistible).  Following is clipped from my email, and here’s a direct link to the text: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/calculus.  The tag line is “Priced at nearly $100 less … Continue reading →

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Active Calculus 2017 – print copy now via Amazon

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Matt Boelkins

In an earlier post, I noted that the 2017 version of Active Calculus – Single Variable was available for purchase via CreateSpace.  There were some minor technical issues with getting the text available on Amazon, but those have now been … Continue reading →

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Active Calculus 2017 – print copy available

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Matt Boelkins

The bound, print copy of Active Calculus 2017 is available from CreateSpace for $19.50.  As soon as the Amazon site page for the book is built, I will post the URL for it, too.

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2017 version of Active Calculus: more updates + notes on differences from 2016

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Matt Boelkins

Here are several updates to follow my most recent post. + The 2017 PDF version has been finalized and posted online; the HTML has been slightly updated as a result of work to get the PDF looking suitable. If you … Continue reading →

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