May
30, 2007
Broadcast
news text author on 'Time Twisting'
Broadcast
news textbook author Mervin Block critiques CBS News Anchor and
Managing Editor Katie Couric's news scripts in his latest column,
"Katie Couric: Time Twisting, Time Wasting and Other Problems."
Read it at http://mervinblock.com/couric2.html
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Free podcast
on scientific writing
Visit the Copyright
Clearance Center's Beyond the Book website to listen to a free podcast,
"How Science Writing is Changing," with Barbara Gastel, co-author
of the latest edition of How to Write and Publish a Scientific
Paper, widely considered the "Bible" for science writers: http://www.beyondthebook.com
(An iPod or MP3 player is not needed to listen. Programs can be
played directly at your PC or downloaded and burned to a standard
audio compact disc. Transcripts are also available.)
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Oregon
Bill 365 passes the Senate, moves to the House
Despite efforts
by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) to discourage
the Oregon Senate Education and General Government Committee from
supporting a bill that would intervene with faculty selection
of textbooks and support materials used in classes across the
state, the bill passed out of the Committee and the full
Senate.
However,
the Republicans on the Senate Committee issued a Minority
Report on the bill that calls for more reasonable disclosure requirements
than those listed in the original bill and bans the sale and purchase
of complimentary copies. Visit http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/sb0300.dir/sb0365.amr.html for
the text of this report. AAP is attempting to earn support
for similar changes in the House and is negotiating with the
Oregon Student Association and OSPIRG (Oregon State Public Interest
Research Group) on the bill language.
"Our hope
is that enough support for our suggested language can be
gained in the House to modify the bill before it
passes both chambers," said AAP's Assistant Director for
Higher Education Stacy Skelly. "We believe there may be an opportunity
to request changes to the bill, based on the facts AAP has shared
with members of the House."
Oregon's
Legislative Session ends August 20.
For more
on Oregon Bill 365, click
here.
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Simon
& Schuster seeks perpetual grant of rights
The Authors
Guild has issued an alert to its members warning them that trade
publisher Simon & Schuster has changed its standard contract
language in an attempt to retain exclusive control of books even
after they have gone out of print. The traditional practice -
followed by all other major trade publishers -- is that rights
revert to the author if the book falls out of print or if its
sales are low.
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Attorney:
Print-on-demand technology not good reason for 'out of print'
clause
The change
reported in Simon & Schuster's "out of print clause," which
would do away with requirements that inventory copies of a book
be available for sale or that minimum sales be maintained for
a work to be considered "in print," said Arthur J. Jacobs, an
attorney with Jacobs deBrauwere LLP, is clearly not in the interests
of most authors.
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S&S
accuses Guild of overreacting to change in rights clause
Following
an alert made by The Authors Guild warning its members of Simon
& Schuster's attempt to gain perpetual grant of rights in
its contracts with authors, the company has said that it will
continue to negotiate regarding its reversion of rights clause
"on a book-by-book basis." They also accused The Authors Guild
of overreacting to the change in their standard contract language.
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Authoring
attorney to authors: Think twice before signing standard publishing
contracts
Authoring
attorney Zick Rubin said Simon & Schuster's statement that
it will continue to negotiate authors' contracts with regard to
the reversion of rights clause is no surprise.
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'Out of
print' clause goes from bad to worse
By Michael Lennie
Ever since
we entered the world of digital publishing the publishing contract's
"out-of-print" clause has lost meaning. So long as there exists
an electronic copy, the work never goes out of print, or so goes
the argument of the publisher.
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TAA
welcomes new members
Paul Albee,
Kathleen Anderson, Stefan Baratto, Mahmood Bahaee, Jeffrey Bennett,
Michelle Bigard, Laura Campbell, John Coburn,Denise Cole, Kelli
Corner, Isabee Demski, Pamela Eddy, Al Ellard, Mark Ferguson Jr,
John Fierst, Mark France, Steven Gorsick, Susan Griffith, Desmond
Harding, Judith Haynes, Dara John, Stephen Juris, Marcia J. Mackey,
Eileen Malone-Beach, Stephanie Mathson,Marian Matyn, Anna K. Monfils,
Howard Parkhurst, Twinet Parmer, Robin Sabo, Joyce Salisbury,
Jennifer Schisa, Walt Schneider, Scott Smith, Michelle Steinhilb,
Phil Thompson, Michael Wallo, Rui Wang, Jeanneane Wood- Naitker,
Xiowlan Wu, Elizabeth Broyles, Flor Culpa- Bondal, Susan Cumings,
Renee Fontenot, Olufunke Fontenot, Hedwig Fraunhofer, Karen Frith,
Mike Gleason, Karynne Kleine, Bryan Marshall, Stephanie McClure,
Roy Moore, Lakshmi Narain, Doug Oetter, Mary Jane Phillips, Emily
Prather, Michael Rose, Kendra Russell, Jeanne Sewell, Deborah
Vess, Toni Ward, Bill Wall, Elaine Whitaker, Jennifer Wallach,
Noland White
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Sustaining
members
The following
TAA members renewed at the Sustaining Member level ($150): David
I. Schneider
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McKeague
donates $1,000 to TAA
TAA Member
and TAA Foundation Board Member Pat McKeague made a $1,000 donation
to TAA when he renewed his membership this year. Thanks Pat!
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Give
a TAA gift membership online
TAA members
can now give a gift membership using a secure online form located
in the TAA Member Center: Click
here
A TAA Gift
Membership is only $15.
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