Join us for the 2007 TAA Conference at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo in downtown Buffalo, NY, June 22-23

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Preliminary Conference Schedule now available
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Book Raffle
IIL Publishing, New York will raffle four books at the 2007 TAA Conference
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Coming to Buffalo? Put these two books on your reading list
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Trip to Niagara Falls by Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic)
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Mentoring Sessions
Several veteran authors have agreed to serve as mentors at the conference. Attendees will be able to sign up at the conference registration desk for 15-minute sessions with a mentor. A list of mentors will be available soon.

Roundtable Discussions Luncheon
Saturday, June 23
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Choose from 10 different moderated roundtable discussions related to textbook and academic authoring.
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Dinner at The Anchor Bar
Thursday, June 21, 6 p.m.
The restaurant where Buffalo-style wings were invented
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Buffalo, NY Waterfront Tour
Friday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Take a guided tour of the Buffalo waterfront
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Karpeles Manuscript Musuem and Library Tour
Friday, June 22, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
View Walt Disney illustrations and documents, among others
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Social Networking Event: A Chartered 3-hour Dinner Cruise Aboard the Grand Lady
Friday, June 22, 6:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Four-hour Guided Tour to Niagara Falls (American side)
Saturday, June 23, 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tour full.
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Free one-on-one sessions with an authoring attorney or literary agent
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Authoring and self-publishing your first textbook

Moderator:
Jan Lyons, Adjunct Professor in Risk Management at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Jan Lyons will share her year-long experience in authoring and self-publishing her first textbook after having her textbook proposal accepted by a publisher but not being satisfied with the resulting contract in this discussion on self-publishing. ÒWhat a year it has been; the epitome of Ôbeware of what you wish for,Ó said Lyons. ÒI had long lamented that there was no even marginally appropriate text for my Risk Management classes, when my department chair glibly remarked, ÔSo write one.Õ I had no idea what I was getting into.Ó Once she decided to self-publish, she developed a self-imposed deadline to have the text available for Spring Semester 2007. In addition to her experience in authoring and self-publishing her own text, Lyons will share student feedback and peer comments.

About the Moderator:

Dr. Jan Lyons is an adjunct professor in Risk Management at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She holds degrees in Economics and Systems Engineering from The College of William and Mary, Clemson University, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Prior to joining SMU, Dr. Lyons worked in varying capacities in Operations Research and Systems Engineering with Lockheed Martin, Martin Marietta Energy Systems and General Dynamics. She led efforts in risk oversight, business systems implementation, software program management, and mathematical modeling research and development.

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