- NWU hosting public meeting on Google Settlement Jan. 20 in New York
- NWU hosting public meeting on Google Settlement Jan. 20 in New York
- Will Apple Tablet Finally Solve E-Reader Woes for Textbooks?
- Jan. 14 Webinar: Coaching Early Career Researchers
- TAA ED quoted in Inside Higher Ed
- Blog shares info about permissions
- Attorney appointed at-large member of TAA Council
- Sanchez, Davis appointed to TAA Foundation board
- Wakefield appointed to at-large position on TAA Council
- Sustaining Member: Susan Fawcett
- Published TAA members: Please fill out an Authors Coalition Survey
Maney Publishing launches open access model
Maney Publishing (UK), which publishes scholarly journals in materials science, humanities, and health science, launched a new open access (OA) business model called MORE OpenChoice. The new program currently includes 23 materials science and engineering journals and 15 health science journals. The company plans to expand the program to include humanities journals in the future.
Authors opting for MORE OpenChoice publication will use the submission procedure outlined in each journal’s 'Instructions for Authors.' A paper will be peer-reviewed without prior knowledge of how it is to be disseminated. Once a paper is accepted, authors are notified and offered MORE OpenChoice as a route to publication. Authors will be asked to provide details of any deposit obligations required (e.g. by their funding agencies) to ensure Maney complies with any technical requirements.
On receipt of first proofs, authors will need to complete and return a Copyright Assignment Form and an Article Charge Form to a production editor in order for MORE OpenChoice publication to proceed.
In order to place papers in the public domain via subject or institutional repositories, authors will be charged a flat fee of $2,000. Authors may pay the article charge themselves, or provide billing details of funders who have agreed to pay publication fees. This article charge covers the expense of producing papers in a format suitable to fulfill deposit obligations (e.g. on PubMed Central) foregoing any embargo that would normally be expected. It excludes standard article charges (color printing, offprints, etc) that may apply.
"We have priced our article charge competitively to help to stimulate the OA market and offer our authors real choice," said Gaynor Redvers-Mutton, Maney's Publishing's business development manager, who is leading the open access project. "Our easy and straightforward service for MORE OpenChoice papers will neither favour nor prejudice papers that opt for open access publication. The standards applied through peer-review will be applied uniformly and the published output in all our journals will be of the same high quality."
MORE OpenChoice papers will be published via Maney's online hosting platforms, IngentaConnect and/or Highwire. It will also be published in print if part of the journal offering. Maney will also deposit a copy in repositories nominated by the author.
Click here to view a list of participating journals
For more information about publishing through Maney's MORE OpenChoice platform, click to read their FAQ.
NWU hosting public meeting on Google Settlement Jan. 20 in New York
The National Writers Union (NWU) is holding a public meeting in New York on Wednesday, January 20 at 2 p.m. to update local writers on the pros and cons of the revised Google Settlement Agreement, which has a new opt-out deadline of January 28. The tentative speaker list includes New York Law School professor James Grimmlemann and attorney, author and literary agent Lynn Chu, who served as co-counsel for the NWU, the Association of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and 58 individual authors who objected to the first settlement proposal.
The meeting will be held in the UAW/NWU Conference Room at 256 W. 38th St., 12th Floor, in New York City. The meeting is a collaborative effort of the NWU, the ASJA, and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), all three of which oppose the settlement.
"All writers need to be fully aware of the settlement's provisions in order to make informed decisions," said NWU President Larry Goldbetter. "Writers have a second chance, regardless of whether you received official notice or what you did about the original settlement proposal. This is especially important with the new 'opt-out' date set for January 28."
A second meeting will be held in San Francisco, but no date has been set yet.
Will Apple Tablet Finally Solve E-Reader Woes for Textbooks?
Great article on The Wall Street Journal's blog about Coursesmart's view of how Apple's new tablet computer, set to launch in a few months, will impact e-textbooks "Dreaming Up Textbooks on an Apple Tablet": Click here for the article
Jan. 14 Webinar: Coaching Early Career Researchers
Emeritus Professor Alan Johnson will present unique insights into how early career researchers can help advance their career with a few efficient, effective, and well-planned steps during a January 14, 2010 (2 p.m. EST) webinar hosted by Elsevier. Register here
TAA ED quoted in Inside Higher Ed
TAA's Executive Director, Richard Hull, was quote in an article in Inside Higher Ed about the Amended Google Settlement Agreement's exclusion of academic authors from the Book Rights Registry.
Hull said that while TAA has never formally discussed the exclusion of academic authors from the registry, he agreed with the libraries’ complaint. “Academic authors who write journal pieces or monographs published by university presses are not in the business for royalties, they are in the business for promulgating ideas and sharing them widely,” he said. “So to the extent that the issue interest is subsumed to the profit motives of Google, and not to the intellectual sharing of ideas of academics, the interests of academics are not being well-represented.”
Read the full article at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/12/18/google
Blog shares info about permissions
A blog by Anne Wallingford, "May I Have Your Permission, Please?" contains some great information about why authors need to obtain permission to use copyrighted work, and how to ask for permissions. http://permissionsplease.today.com
Attorney appointed at-large member of TAA Council
Outgoing TAA Council member Stephen Gillen, an attorney with Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP, has been appointed to an at-large position on the Council effective July, 1, 2010. At-large positions are one-year terms.
Sanchez appointed to TAA Foundation board
The TAA Council appointed Claudia Sanchez to the TAA Foundation Board. Her three-years term started April 1, 2010.
Wakefield appointed to at-large position on TAA Council
TAA Past President John Wakefield was appointed an at-large member of the Council effective July 1, 2010. At-large positions are one-year terms.
Sustaining Member: Susan Fawcett
TAA thanks Sustaining Member Susan Fawcett.
Published TAA members: Please fill out an Authors Coalition Survey
If you have published a scholarly book, journal article, or textbook and did not fill out an Authors Coalition Survey when you joined or renewed your membership, or if you have published since joining or renewing and need to update your Authors Coalition Survey, please take a moment to do so: Download a PDF Authors Coalition Survey
TAA receives funding from the Authors Coalition of America LLC (http://www.authorscoalition.org) for U.S. members who have published a scholarly book, journal article and/or textbook. More funds mean more benefits and services for members. These funds have helped us cover the costs of sponsoring workshops and offering free teleconferences, and providing publication grants to members.
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