diff --git a/cms/templates/js/textbook-edit.underscore b/cms/templates/js/textbook-edit.underscore
index 12733f4be9..07d12739f7 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/textbook-edit.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/textbook-edit.underscore
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <legend class="sr"><%= gettext("Textbook information") %></legend>
       <div class="input-wrap field text required add-textbook-name">
         <label for="textbook-name-input"><%= gettext("Textbook Name") %></label>
-        <input id="textbook-name-input" type="text" placeholder="<%= gettext("Introduction to Cookie Baking") %>" value="<%= name %>">
+        <input id="textbook-name-input" name="textbook-name" type="text" placeholder="<%= gettext("Introduction to Cookie Baking") %>" value="<%= name %>">
         <span class="tip tip-stacked"><%= gettext("the title/name of the text book as you would like your students to see it.") %></span>
       </div>
 </fieldset>
diff --git a/cms/templates/textbooks.html b/cms/templates/textbooks.html
index b46e0f73a4..528f9bc510 100644
--- a/cms/templates/textbooks.html
+++ b/cms/templates/textbooks.html
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ CMS.Views.TextbookEdit = Backbone.View.extend({
         return this;
     },
     events: {
+        "change input[name=textbook-name]": "setName",
         "submit": "setAndClose",
         "click .action-cancel": "cancel",
         "click .action-add-chapter": "createChapter"
@@ -137,12 +138,15 @@ CMS.Views.TextbookEdit = Backbone.View.extend({
         this.setValues();
         this.model.get('chapters').add([{}]);
     },
+    setName: function(e) {
+        if(e && e.preventDefault) { e.preventDefault(); }
+        this.model.set("name", this.$("#textbook-name-input").val(), {silent: true});
+    },
     setValues: function() {
-        var name = this.$("#textbook-name-input").val();
-        var textbook = this.model;
-        textbook.set("name", name);
+        this.setName();
+        var that = this;
         _.each(this.$("li"), function(li, i) {
-            var chapter = textbook.get('chapters').at(i);
+            var chapter = that.model.get('chapters').at(i);
             chapter.set({
                 "name": $(".chapter-name", li).val(),
                 "asset_path": $(".chapter-asset-path", li).val()