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2008
TAA Teleconference Schedule
TAA
members are eligible to participate in one or more TAA Teleconferences.
 Thursday,
March 6, 2008
Call
in Time: 4 p.m. Central Time
"Publish
& Flourish: Become A Prolific Scholar"
Moderated
by Tara Gray,
presenter of the TAA-sponsored workshop "Publish & Flourish:
Become a Prolific Scholar"
During this
60-minute open discussion conference call, Gray will go over the
basic messages of her day-long workshop, and answer questions
from participants.
Listen
to this Teleconference (members only)
 Thursday,
March 20, 2008
Call in Time: 1 p.m. Central Time
"Royalty
Q&A"
Presented
by Paul Rosenzweig, Former President of Royalty Review Service,
a company that represented authors who wished to confirm
the accuracy of their royalty statements. He is now a consultant
to the successor firm, Royalty Review LLC.
This will
be an open discussion teleconference in which participants can
ask specific royalty questions, or questions about their royalty
statements. Royalty statements and questions should be sent prior
to the teleconference.
Listen
to this Teleconference (members only)
 Friday,
April 4, 2008
Call in Time: 12 noon Central Time
"A
Coach's Perspective on Finishing a Dissertation"
Presented
by academic writing coach Dave Harris
Learn how
to rework your writing process, fine-tune your final drafts, and
everything in between!
Dave Harris,
Ph.D., academic writing coach and editor, helps writers rework
their writing process, fine-tune their final drafts, and everything
in between (www.thoughtclearing.com;
dave@thoughtclearing.com).
Listen
to this Teleconference (members only)
 Friday,
April 25, 2008
Call in Time: 1 p.m. Central Time
"Don't
Settle for a Publisher's Standard Contract: Terms You Can &
Should Negotiate"
Presented
by authoring attorney Stephen Gillen (bio)
In this one-hour
teleconference, Gillen will cover his ten tips for negotiating
a publisher's standard contract:
1) You have
more leverage than you think
2) Do your
homework
3) Determine
what's important to you
4) Only sell
the publisher what it intends to use
5) Don't leave
the back door standing open
6) Don't promise
anything you can't deliver
7) A word about
royalties
8) Don't take
yourself out of the market
9) Don't become
an indentured servant
10)
Anticipate the unthinkable
Listen
to this Teleconference (members only)
 Thursday,
May 8, 2008
Call in Time: 1 p.m. Central Time
"Tips
& Tricks for the Do-It-Yourself Indexer"
Presented
by Seth Maislin, Managing Partner, Potomac Indexing
Writing an
index isn't just the last thing an author has to do. It's the
last thing an author wants to do. Seth Maislin, professional indexer
and managing partner at the indexing firm Potomac Indexing, LLC,
has prepared a list of insider secrets to getting that index out
of the way fast, and without compromising quality. This seminar
is chock full of time-saving nuggets like "Leverage the TOC,"
"Cross-Reference? Wait-Reference!," and "Netting the Page Number
Swarm." Written specifically for the do-it-yourself author-indexer,
this teleconference might just pique your interest, too.
Listen
to this Teleconference (members only)
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