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Sponsor of the Friday Welcome Breakfast
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Donated 30 copies of It Works for Me: Becoming a Publishing Scholar/Researcher
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 Donated 30 copies of Writing and Developing Your College Textbook
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Donated a book of fine art from their nationally acclaimed Southwest artist series for each 2011 TAA Texty and McGuffey winner and TAA Council of Fellow inductee.
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Donated a travel cleaning kit for laptops and mobile devices
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Please update your contact information
If your mailing address, email address, or phone number has changed recently, please fill out a Member Update Form online or contact TAA headquarters at 727-563-0020 or TextandAcademicAuthors@taaonline.net
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Visit the new TAA Audio Conference podcast page
Visit the new TAA Audio Conference Podcast page, where members can listen to recordings of TAA audio conferences.
The category search makes it to easy to find the educational sessions you are looking for.
Academic authors looking for writing assistance, for example, can click on "Writing" and find all podcasts on writing in the same section. Other content categories include Professional, Editing, Grant Writing, Book Publishing, Publicity, Taxes, Proposals, Contracts, Royalties, Copyright, Supplements and Indexing.
All podcasts are free for members: Click here
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TAA on blogtalkradio
Go to TAA's blogtalkradio page and listen to these 30-minute episodes (15-min content, 15-min Q&A). These episodes are open to members and non-members, so tell your friends!
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Subscribe to one or both of TAA's Listservs, one on textbook authoring and one on academic authoring.
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Greetings!
Please help TAA fight online piracy of intellectual property, including textbooks, by contacting your Senator and Representative and urging them to support the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (S. 3804), or "rogue site" bill.
This bill would empower the U.S. Attorney General to initiate a proceeding in U.S. District Court to disable the domain name of an Internet website that offers downloads of pirated books. It would also bar domestic ISPs and ad service providers from processing transactions from piracy websites registered overseas.
Learn more about this bill and view talking points, a letter template and Senator/House Rep contact information on the TAA Action Issues page.
Sincerely,
Kim
Kim Pawlak
Associate Executive Director
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(608) 687-3106
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NOTABLE AUTHOR: Kenneth Henson
Scholar and master grant writer dances up the academic ladder
By Leanne Silverman
Kenneth Henson's career reads like a textbook ascension of  the academic ladder, from the assistant professor to college dean. Along the way, he has developed a winning ability to write grant proposals, strategies for being a productive scholar and a willingness to share his expertise.
Raised in Alabama, Henson earned his B.S. in secondary education from Auburn University in  1963. Then he married and moved out of his parents' house. "All of a sudden I had expenses I never had before," he said. "I went from feeling very wealthy (because I had no financial needs) to being very poor in a very short time. So I started writing grants." A National Science Foundation grant paid for his M.Ed from the University of Florida. Shortly after receiving his Ed.D. in curriculum and research from the University ofAlabama (1969), another grant landed Henson one year in England as a Fulbright Scholar.
By writing successful grants, Henson has been able to both fund his education and achieve his professional goals. "When I moved to Indiana, I knew I'd need to write some grants and articles to get tenure," he said. "I wrote a grant and it won a national award to develop a new program that they didn't have. I thought, 'This is my key, this is my ticket to anything that I want.' So everywhere I've ever worked, whatever I wanted I just wrote a grant for it." Henson has brought in over $2 million for projects on which he is the principal investigator; overall, he has raised more than $100 million.
Read the full profile: click here
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Upcoming Audio ConferenceTuesday, December 14, 2010, 12 p.m. ESTHow to Be a Successful Freelance Writer for College Textbook PublishersPresented by John Soares, a freelance writer of college textbook supplements, and the author of Writing College Textbook SupplementsEver wondered who writes all those college textbook test  questions, lecture outlines, instructor's manuals, study guides, and other materials that help students learn better and instructors teach better? Freelance writers like John Soares, that's who. John, the author of Writing College Textbook Supplements: The Definitive Guide to Winning High-Paying Assignments in the College Textbook Publishing Market, will tell you what you need to succeed in this field, including:  - How to get the attention of higher-education textbook editors and convince them to hire you
- How to get your projects done well and quickly
- How to get paid well
Register Now: Free for Members
Join us for a 15-minute interview with John Soares on TAA's blogtalkradio page on Wednesday, December 1 @ 12 p.m. EST
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TAA's Council of Fellows nomination deadline Nov. 30
TAA invites you to apply or nominate a candidate for  membership in its prestigious Council of Fellows.The deadline for application to the TAA Council of Fellows is November 30, 2010.
TAA's Council of Fellows members are distinguished authors who have a long record of successful and diverse publication as a textbook author, an academic author, or both. Candidates should be authors whose textbooks or academic articles or books have established their presence in their field.
View TAA Council of Fellows Criteria
Learn more about the TAA Council of Fellows
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BOOK REVIEW:
Elizabeth Rankin
The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals
Reviewed by LeKita Scott Dawkins
In The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics  and Professionals, Elizabeth Rankin focuses on intellectual aspects and issues of writing that both academic and professional writers encounter. She organizes the text into four commonthemes - contributing to the professional conversation; meeting readers' needs and expectations; finding your professional voice; and seeing the project through. To address each theme Rankin provides real-life scenarios, then couches her tips and recommendations in terms of receiving feedback from writing groups, as well as writing on your own. Writing is the livelihood of many academicians and professionals, so it is imperative that individuals understand their own writing styles and learn how to collaborate with others to create their best work. This text guides writers through that process.
The title - The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals - is very appropriate because for many academic and professional writers, the act of writing in and of itself is certainly 'work'. Rankin points out early onthat while extremely rewarding, writing can also be challenging, frustrating, and complex. Throughout the text, she discusses in very clear terms the myriad situations that face writers, and clearly covers the 'who, what, where, when, why and how' of academic and professional writing. The four common themes on which she focuses - contributing to the professional conversation, meeting readers' needs and expectations, finding your professional voice, and seeing the project through -are certainly aligned with what faculty and other writers experience. Rankin utilizes various methods to develop the text - her narration provides useful vignettes based on actual experiences within writing groups. She includes expositions that might steer the reader through challenging situations during the writing process, and the transferability of the information provided is infinite.
Read the full review: Click here
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McGraw-Hill reports increases in third quarter el-hi, higher ed markets
McGraw-Hill attributes its strong third quarter performance partly to increases in the U.S. elementary high school and higher education markets and double-digit increases in the sales of digital products in higher education and professional markets.
McGraw-Hill Education revenue increased by 5.5 percent to $1.1billion dollars in the third quarter compared to the same period last year.Revenue for McGraw-Hill School Education Group increased by 6.7 percent to $534.7 million in the third quarter versus the same period last year. Revenue for the McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Professional and International Group grew by 4.3 percent to $520 million inthe third quarter, compared to the same period last year.
A strong performance in the state new adoption market was the major factor in McGraw-Hill School Education Group's third quarter results. The McGraw-HillSchool Education Group is on track to capture approximately 30 percent of the estimated $825 million to $875 million state new adoption market in 2010. In 2009, the state new adoption market was about $500 million.
Read full article: click here
McGraw-Hill Higher Education and professional market bestsellers in the third quarter view lists here
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Call for submissions to 'Academic Exchange Quarterly'
Academic Exchange Quarterly is seeking submissions for its Fall 2011 issue. The issue theme is "Popular Culture's Place in the English Composition Classroom."
The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2011.
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