I think that a textbook is alot like any other products--there isn't much interest from the originators in listening to reviews from users. The only review that counts is 'is it selling.' People in general don't appreciate unsolicited review of their work.

Because of this, textbooks are designed to appeal to the people that select them--school boards, committees, lead teachers--not the users.

Turns out that these people like to pick books that are 1. thick, 2. full of color photos (and hence less words) and 3 reflect their social or political views.

This thickness seems to indicate that it is thorough and serious. But in reality, the students carry these dictionary-sized books in their backpacks every day and seldom read or even cover more than 30 percent. My kids were carrying 20-lb backpacks in the seventh grade full of these tomes.

Where a math or science book doesn't really need photos, they have politically correct pictures of atheletes, astronauts, actors--all to 'liven-up' the material. It sells. Where a history book can benefit from photos, we've filled them with pictures of minority-historical characters, not Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe.

But if you really want to comment, I'm sure you can still write the publishers a letter. I expect they'll ignore it.

Now to get off my soap-box.

Can't hurt, might help. Maybe Amazon would offer a platform.