But wow, that is a pretty deep investment! I was expecting a little less, but I guess it makes sense since writing is not your full-time occupation.
> I have a graduate degree in math, but I unfortunately I don't use math in my day job, so I am afraid that the material I produce will be too low in quality to be useful for people...
It is good to have feedback from real people. I work through material with my students in classes, and sometimes I've had what I thought was a great approach and it would just not work in practice.
I don't know if there are online groups of people working on writng stuff like this, either at the college level or at high school or earlier levels, but if you could find such a group, it'd be good to get in with them. (And tell me. :-) )
How much time did you put into writing? I have been wishing to write something similar (that is, math texts about linear algebra, analysis, number theory, etc.) for a long time, although I can only hope it to be of this quality. Do you have any tips for an aspiring math textbook writer? I have a graduate degree in math, but I unfortunately I don't use math in my day job, so I am afraid that the material I produce will be too low in quality to be useful for people...