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May
5, 2008
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TAA
Conference one-hour mentoring session winners announced
Michael
Spiegler, Patricia Casey and Courtland Bovee are the
winners of the early conference registration drawings
for three one-hour mentoring sessions to be held at
the 2008 TAA Conference
at Harrah's in Las Vegas, June 19-21. To be entered
into the drawing, you had to register for the conference
by May 1. Click
for more
TAA
announces Council election results
Mathematics author Don Collins has been elected TAA
vice president/president-elect. Collins will serve
a two-year term as vice president beginning July 1
and succeed Paul Siegel as TAA president in 2010.
Siegel, who is TAA's current vice president/president-elect,
will succeed John Wakefield as TAA president on July
1. Paul Rosenzweig, who has served two terms
on the TAA Council, has been elected TAA Treasurer.
New TAA Council members are Tara Gray, Barbara Waxer,
and Fred Kleiner. Read the full story: Click
here
TAA
conducting royalty rate survey
TAA
is distributing a Royalty Rate Survey to its textbook
author members to gather information that will provide
them with a useful tool in negotiating new contracts
and/or amending existing contracts. The
deadline for receipt of surveys is June 1. TAA plans
to announce the results at the 2008 TAA Conference
in Las Vegas, June 19-21.
More info on the survey: Click
here
Members: Fill
out the survey online
Publisher
offering member discount on textbook authoring reference
books
Atlantic Path Publishing is offering TAA members 50
percent off Self-Publishing Textbooks and Instructional
Materials, by Frank Silverman, 30 percent off
Writing and Developing Your College Textbook,
Second Edition, and 40 percent off Writing and
Developing College Textbook Supplements, both
by Mary Ellen Lepionka. Silverman's book regularly
lists for $32.95, and Lepionka's books regularly list
for $37.95 and $19.95. Learn more about these books
or purchase one of these books: Click
here Visit the Atlantic Path Publishing site:
Click
here
TAA
unveils new Texty, McGuffey logos
TAA has created new logos for its Textbook Excellence
Award and McGuffey Longevity Award. These logos can
be used by all Texty and McGuffey winners, past and
present. Please link your logos to http://www.taaonline.net/awards,
or the website associated with the year that you won
your award (scroll to the bottom of main awards page
for the link). Silver stickers containing either
the Texty or McGuffey logo can be ordered for $40
per 100. These stickers can be used on already printed
textbooks taken to conferences or sent as complimentary
copies. To order stickers, contact Janet Tucker at
TAA headquarters at (727) 563-0020 or TextandAcademicAuthors@taaonline.net
Download Texty and McGuffey logo images: Click
here
Notable
Author Profile: Bradley Fahlman
A
well-known researcher and teacher in his field of
chemistry, Bradley Fahlman believed it was "perfect
timing" for a textbook on materials chemistry. This
intriguing possibility for Fahlman evolved into his
first textbook, Materials Chemistry. It was
published by Springer in August 2007. Less than one
year later, the textbook is going into a second printing.
It's scheduled to be translated into Chinese and Russian
in 2008 to 2009. Fahlman's Materials Chemistry
is a 2008 recipient of a Textbook Excellence Award
from TAA. Read the full profile: Click
here
Listen
to a recording of TAA Teleconference on contracts
Listen to a recording of the TAA Teleconference, "Don't
Settle for a Publisher's Standard Contract: Terms
You Can & Should Negotiate", moderated by Authoring
Attorney Stephen Gillen: Click
here
Listening
to a recording of the TAA Teleconference, "Tips
& Tricks for the Do-It-Yourself Indexer":
Click
here
View
the 2008 TAA Teleconference Series Schedule
Listen
to recording of past TAA Teleconferences
Listen to the recording of the March 6 TAA Teleconference,
"Publish & Flourish: Become A Prolific Scholar";
the March 20 TAA Teleconference, "Royalty Q&A";
and the April 4 TAA Teleconference, "A Coach's Perspective
on Finishing a Dissertation": Click
here
2008
CONFERENCE NEWS:
View
preliminary 2008 TAA Conference Schedule:
Click
here
Deadline
for reserving $99 per night room rate at Harrah's
is May 19
The deadline for reserving a room at Harrah's at the
special $99 conference rate is May 19, 2008. Book
your room by calling 888-458-8471 and giving them
the special group code, SHTEX8. The room block is
filling up fast, so reserve your room as soon as possible.
Early
TAA Conference registration deadline extended to May
15
TAA
has decided to extend its early conference registration
deadline to May 15 to allow people to continue to
register for the 2008 TAA Conference at Harrah's June
19-21 at the low rate of $195 for members and $245
for non-members. This extension does not apply to
the drawing for one-hour mentoring sessions with Michael
Lennie, Steve Gillen or Tara Gray, so if you are interested
in being entered into that drawing, you will need
to register by May 1. Register
online
Help
promote the 2008 TAA Conference
Download
and share this conference promotional flyer with your
colleagues (at right)
Copyright
Clearance Center Featured Conference Sponsor
The Copyright Clearance Center is sponsoring the 2008
TAA Conference at Harrah's in Las Vegas, June 19-21,
at the $2,000 level. TAA thanks CCC for its generous
support! Other conference sponsors include Lennie
Literary & Authors Attorney, Jacobs deBrauwere
LLP, TeachingPoint, W.H. Freeman, iUniverse, Pearson
Education/Prentice Hall, Springer, Atlantic Path Publishing,
Worth Publishers, Lulu.com, Cengage Learning, Houghton
Mifflin, Universal Publishers, and ed matter. Visit
sponsors' web sites: Click
here
Register
for the 2008 TAA Conference
Conference fees are $195 for members before May 15
($245 after May 15), and $245 for non-members before
May 15 ($295 after May 15). Non-members can join TAA
prior to the conference for $30, and save $20 off
their registration. Register using TAA's secure online
registration form, or download a PDF and send by mail:
Click here
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