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updated 8/28/10

Authors Asking: Should I receive royalties on products such as Vango Notes and other derivative products?
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TAA seeks committee members
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Busy TAA People: Matt Stevens
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TAA interim president Ron Pynn: 'I'm back'
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TAA seeking presentation proposals for 2011 Conference
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2011 TAA Conference in Albuquerque, NM June 25-26
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Nominate your book for a TAA Texty, McGuffey Award
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Non-Members now eligible for TAA Publication Grant
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Christine Hess Orthmann

Notable Author: Christine Hess Orthmann
‘Accidental author’ sustains and builds the family business
by Leanne Silverman
“It was never my intention to make writing textbooks my career,” laughed Christine Hess Orthmann. Intentional or not, she has spent nearly 30 years doing just that. Orthmann has co-authored or been a major contributor to a multitude of texts, including Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving (6th edition), Juvenile Justice (5th edition), and 2010 McGuffy winner Criminal Investigation (9th edition). Click for more

updated 4/23/10

Reviewed by Dr. Virginia Cook Tickles

Book Review of Paul J. Silvia's How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
by Dr. Virginia Cook Tickles

How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing, by Paul J. Silvia is truly a practical guide to productive academic writing. It provides its readers with useful techniques and tools on how to increase writing productivity. Read full review

updated 5/15/10

Doug Eadie
TAA member Doug Eadie's newest book, The Blind Visionary, has been named as one of four Finalists in the Motivational Category by the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The book will be featured along with other Finalists at BookExpo America, the largest book show in North America, in New York City, May 25-27. The Blind Visionary has also been chosen as the featured book at the second largest publishing event in the US, the Miami Book Fair International, which will be held in November. View videos related to The Blind Visionary on YouTube and at www.TheBlindVisionary.com.

Matt Stevens
TAA member Matt Stevens published The Practical Construction MBA, the culmination of his research about the business of construction contracting.

updated 8/18/10

Faculty success: Developing a research and publication agenda
by Dr. Kathleen P. King
Anyone associated with higher education will acknowledge that tenure track faculty have to perform a fantastic balancing act. Compared to an administrative or line role in an organization, higher education faculty have tremendous autonomy and freedom. However, they face competing demands of many different (and good) opportunities, and for them the stakes are always high. Help is here! This article introduces a powerful strategy for staying on track in the research strand of this competitive journey. Click for more

Attorney advises authors on e-rights
Michael Lennie, an authoring attorney and agent for Lennie Literary & Author’s Attorneys, compared the items on a publishing contract to a bunch of asparagus and said authors can either give all their rights away in one bunch, or negotiate them one by one. Click for more

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