The selection of a coursebook is one of the main decisions regarding teaching the English language; for that important reason, the main purpose of this research study is to find out the process by which the coursebook was chosen in the BA of tourism and how this has an impact on the way the book is used by an experienced and a novice teacher in the 7th and 9th semesters at the UAEH. Data were gathered from interviews administered to teachers and questionnaires to students. The results showed that English teachers were the main subjects who decided on the process and criteria to select the coursebook. Because teachers like to use the coursebook in class more than anything else, students’ positive or negative reactions towards it have to deal most of the times with the way their teachers use it in class than with the characteristics of the book itself. Because the novice teacher’s classes were qualified by students as funny, attractive and interesting while experienced teacher’s practices were considered as boring, monotonous and de-motivating, being experienced is not always a guarantee of having a better teaching practice, and being a novice is not always a disadvantage. This study attempted to show the importance that English teachers use, adapt and create their own standard guideline that help them to solve controversies among them and to decide easily why a book is better than other.