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January
3, 2005
Step One to Becoming
a More Prolific Author
Much is known about
the steps scholars can take to become more prolific, said Tara Gray,
who will present her popular writing workshop, Publish and Flourish:
Become More Prolific, as a 10-hour pre-conference workshop at the TAA
convention in Las Vegas in June. She will be sharing a step in each
News Alert leading up to the convention. Here's step one: Become a manager
of your time, not a victim of it. To become a prolific scholar, you
must take control of your time. You must stop seeing "being busy" as
only a status symbol. "Being busy" is a status symbol, to be sure, but
it's also a way of staying victimized. Look closely at your colleagues
who are staggering around under the loads of teaching, research, and
service, complaining constantly. Do they look empowered? Are they? We
all have different amounts of power, money, prestige, intelligence and
so on. But we all have the same amount of time -- you, me, and the President
of the United States. To become a prolific scholar, you must become
a manager of your time, not a victim of it.
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TAA Announces
Record Number of Texty, McGuffey Award Nominees
TAA received 27
nominations for Texty and McGuffey Awards this year, the largest it
has ever received, according to Janet Tucker, TAA's office manager.
Click here to
download a PDF of the nominees.
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TAA President
Quoted In SacBee Article
TAA President Michael
Sullivan was quoted in an August 28, 2004 article in the SacBee, the
online version of the Sacramento Bee, "Faculty book resales raise ethical
issue". The article talks about Sullivan's math textbook, "College Algebra",
selling on a website that sells faculty review copies for between $36.75
and $44.75 -- more than $60 less than its $103 retail price. Sullivan
was quoted in the article as saying: "I don't think we can really understand
the enormity of this problem. And that this practice is also destroying
the integrity of the educational marketplace." View the full text of
the article at: http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/10540015p-11459035c.html
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Step One to Becoming
a More Prolific Author
Much is known about
the steps scholars can take to become more prolific, said Tara Gray,
who will present her popular writing workshop, Publish and Flourish:
Become More Prolific, as a 10-hour pre-conference workshop at the TAA
convention in Las Vegas in June. She will be sharing a step in each
News Alert leading up to the convention. Here's step one: Become a manager
of your time, not a victim of it. To become a prolific scholar, you
must take control of your time. You must stop seeing "being busy" as
only a status symbol. "Being busy" is a status symbol, to be sure, but
it's also a way of staying victimized. Look closely at your colleagues
who are staggering around under the loads of teaching, research, and
service, complaining constantly. Do they look empowered? Are they? We
all have different amounts of power, money, prestige, intelligence and
so on. But we all have the same amount of time -- you, me, and the President
of the United States. To become a prolific scholar, you must become
a manager of your time, not a victim of it.
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Deadline for
Convention Presentation Proposals Feb. 1
TAA is soliciting
presentation proposals for its 2005 convention at the Imperial Palace
Hotel in Las Vegas, Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25, 2005. Deadline
for submissions is February 1. For more information, click
here.
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Register Now
to Attend TAA Convention in Las Vegas
TAA is returning
to Las Vegas this year to hold its annual convention. Attending this
year's convention is no gamble, however; new authors will find solid
ideas for getting started in textbook or academic authoring and veterans
will find challenging sessions too! Register for the 2005 TAA convention,
to be held at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, Friday, June 24
and Saturday, June 25. To register, contact TAA at (727) 563-0020 or
TEXT@tampabay.rr.com Room
rates for TAA convention attendees are $85 per night until May 20.
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TAA Welcomes
Advertising on Website, In Print Newsletter
Rates are as follows:
Full Page 7.5 x 9.5, $350 ($325 if commit to four issues); Half Page
7.5 x 4.75, $275 ($250 if commit to four issues); Quarter Page 4.5 x
3.5, $200 ($175 if you commit to four issues); and 1/8 Page 2.5 x 3.5,
$150 ($125 if commit to four issues). If you would like to place an
ad in the March issue of The Academic Author, or on the TAA website,
please contact TAA's interim advertising manager, Kim Pawlak, at kmpawlak@centurytel.net
or (608) 687-3106. More information about advertising in the print newsletter
or online can be found here.
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