Some university lecturers enjoy their break time between semesters relaxing and doing fun things. I'm jealous. There often seem to be a lot of odd jobs for me to do once I have 'free time' from my university lessons.

One of those tasks in recent years has been working on the textbooks I sell through Amazon.com. I'm always grateful to the people at Amazon who assist me when I have troubles. Things mostly went OK this spring, but there were a few hiccups to deal with, and thankfully (I hope) they have all been dealt with.

For the first time, all of the covers of my textbooks have a similar design. The color schemes are all new this year and I really like the range of colors. I don't know if there have been changes at Amazon, but the final product this year seems to be a higher quality than before, even though I found the quality in the past was very good. Overall, I'm very pleased.

In a few short weeks, classes will begin again, and both students and I will be using the textbooks in our lessons. The new designs give me positive energy. I hope the students will enjoy using them.