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Reserve your spot in the TAA-NCFDD Pilot Program
Time is running out to reserve one of the few spots left in the TAA-NCFDD Pilot Program.
TAA is offering members an opportunity to purchase an annual membership in the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity for a special rate of $50.
The program starts January 1, 2012.
To reserve your spot in the program, please e-mail TextandAcademicAuthors@taaonline.net
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2012 TAA Texty, McGuffey Award deadline Nov. 1
The deadline to nominate your book for a 2012 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) or McGuffey Longevity Award (McGuffey) is Tuesday, November 1.
Learn more Nominate your book |
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2012 TAA Conference Call for Proposals deadline Nov. 15
TAA invites session proposals for its 25th anniversary conference in New Orleans, June 8-9.
This year's theme is
Academic & Textbook Authoring-Evolving Arts.
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Submit your proposal
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2012 TAA Conference sponsors
TAA would like to thank the Copyright Clearance Center, New Forums Press, BrownWalker Press, FlatWorld Knowledge, Lennie Literary & Author's Attorney, and Pearson Education, for sponsoring the upcoming 2012 TAA Conference in New Orleans, June 8-9.
The Copyright Clearance Center will be sponsoring the Welcome Networking Breakfast on Friday morning. New Forums Press will be donating 30 copies of STEP by STEP: Building a Research Paper, 3e for early conference registrants.
Learn more about sponsoring the 2012 TAA Conference. |
Featured Member: Sherry Bishop
Instructor retires from teaching to focus on writing
Sherry Bishop believes that in order to have a successful  textbook writing career, you have to really love it and really want to do it.
In May 2010 Sherry Bishop decided to focus her professional efforts exclusively on authoring textbooks, after years juggling a demanding writing schedule and a full-time teaching load.
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Call for nominations to TAA Council of Fellows
TAA invites you to apply or nominate a  candidate for membership in its prestigious Council of Fellows. The application deadline is November 30, 2011.
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.
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New Podcast!
Listen to the podcast of this week's TAA audio conference, How to Develop a Daily Writing Practice, presented by Kerry Ann Rockquemore. |
Barbara Veltri receives Most Significant Scholarly Work Award
TAA member Barbara Veltri, an assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Northern Arizona University, received the 2011 Research and Creative Activity (RCA) Most Significant Scholarly Work Award for her book, Learning on Other People's Kids: Becoming a Teach for America Teacher. |
Five tips for successful textbook revisions
Lisa Ede, a professor of English at Oregon State University, and author of Work in Progress: A Guide to Academic Writing and Revising, shares five tips for successfully revising your textbook.
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Targeted marketing key to successful self-publishing
Self-published authors need to be more marketing savvy and more willing to dedicate time to the task of marketing, said Jeremy Robinson, author of POD People: Beating the Print-on-Demand Stigma.
"Marketing is really the only way a self-published author can get those first books sold and kick off the word-of-mouth machine," he said.
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Network with other members on TAA listservs
Network with your fellow members, ask questions, and share your expertise on the TAA Textbook Authoring Listserv and/or Academic Authoring Listserv.
Subscribe to the Textbook Authoring Listserv by sending an email to TAATextbookAuthoring-on@mail-list.com No subject line and nothing in the message field.
Subscribe to the Academic Authoring Listserv by sending an email to TAAAcademicAuthoring-on@mail-list.com No subject line and nothing in the message field.
After you are subscribed to the Textbook Authoring Listserv, send messages to TAATextbookAuthoring@mail-list.com
After you are subscribed to the Academic Authoring Listserv, send messages to TAAAcademicAuthoring@mail-list.com
Read the archives for both Listservs: www.taaonline.net/membersonly/listservs |
Disclaimer: TAA has not tested nor endorses nor opposes any product or procedure recommended or referenced in any TAA publications, audio conferences, or workshops.
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