June 2008
- Membership in TAA continues to grow
- TAA Council heard proposal from CCC at June 19 Council meeting
- 2009 mid-winter TAA Council meeting Jan. 24
- TAA member receives President's Medal from Human Anatomy & Physiology Society
- TAA launches redesigned website
- Busy TAA People: Andrew Johnson
- Recommended Reading
- TAA Listserv split in two
- TAA Conference one-hour mentoring session winners announced
- Participate in Authors Guild summer teleconferences
- Attend course on textbook effectiveness
- Princeton University Press to reprint typo-riddled book
- Microsoft ends Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects
- Emerald Publishing launches new journal on historical research in marketing
Membership in TAA continues to grow
As of July 1, 2008 membership in TAA stands at 1,481, up from about 1,300 at the same time last year. This growth in membership has been a result of several factors, including TAA's workshop program, gift memberships given by current members, the TAA website, and the TAA Conference, as well as the association's spring 2008 Teleconference Series, said Kim Pawlak, TAA's associate executive director.
"Gift memberships continue to be the best way to attract new members to the organization," she said. "If you know a colleague who you feel could benefit from membership in TAA, you can give them a one-year gift membership for only $15."
To give one or more gift memberships, you can fill out a secure online TAA gift membership form and pay by credit card, or print out and mail a PDF along with a check payable to TAA: Click here
Alternatively, you could donate $15 or more to the TAA Foundation, and your tax-deductible gift would go to purchase gift memberships for TAA's prospective member list. To make a donation to purchase gift memberships, send your check, payable to TAA, with a note identifying it to be used to purchase gift memberships for prospective TAA members, to Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA), P.O. Box 56359, St. Petersburg, Florida 33732-6359.
Other ways you can help TAA grow:
- Encourage your colleagues to visit the TAA website and tour the members-only section to test drive TAA's member benefits and services.
- Share with your colleagues how TAA has benefitted you as an author.
- Add a TAA banner to your website (located in the TAA Member Center. You will need your username and password to access this section).
- Ask TAA to send you copies of the TAA brochure and then send them to your colleagues, or leave a stack of them in your department's office.
TAA Council heard proposal from CCC at June 19 Council meeting
At the June 19, 2008 TAA Council meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, the TAA Council heard a presentation by the Copyright Clearance Center regarding a request by CCC for a TAA endorsement of its Annual Academic Copyright License. The Council is currently evaluating the proposal.
Launched in June 2007, CCC's Annual Academic Copyright License is a single repertory license for on-campus faculty and staff. The AACL enables convenient, pre-approved permissions to re-use content in course management systems, paper and electronic coursepacks, electronic library reserves, research collaboration and more.
2009 mid-winter TAA Council meeting Jan. 24
The TAA Council will hold its mid-winter meeting in St. Pete Beach, Florida on Saturday, January 24, 2009.
TAA member receives President's Medal from Human Anatomy & Physiology Society
TAA member Kevin Patton was awarded the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society's President's Medal on May 26, 2008 for exceptional services to HAPS and its mission of promoting excellence in teaching and learning of human anatomy and physiology.
Patton was the sole recipient this year. The medal has been awarded only three times since its inception. Patton has served in many roles during his 20 years as a member of HAPS, including annual conference coordinator, Secretary-Treasurer, and President. He currently serves as HAPS President Emeritus, a position in which he acts as an ambassador of the organization and adviser to the current Board of Directors. Patton is also the founding director of HAPS Institute, a professional continuing education program that offers short graduate biology courses directed specifically at professors of human anatomy and physiology.
TAA launches redesigned website
The TAA website has been redesigned to provide a more streamlined look and better navigation tools. It also has more user friendly features, such as the ability for members to login to a section devoted solely to the interests of textbook authors, or a section devoted solely to the interests of academic authors, or both.
"We recognize that although our members have similar interests, not every academic is ready or has the inclination to write textbooks or other instructional materials, and not every textbook author is still publishing scholarly journal articles, working on his or her dissertation, or writing book monographs," said Richard Hull, TAA's executive director. "By allowing you to choose only the content you are interested in, we hope to encourage you to visit the TAA website more often."
Non-members can tour The Member Center and look inside some of its sections, such as How-to articles, Writer's Block essays, Authors Asking Q&A's, and the Mentor-A-Member mentoring directory.
Navigation buttons at the top of the page allow members to learn more about TAA, and its workshops, teleconferences and awards. They can also see what action issues TAA has been and is working on, and purchase members' books in the "Books for Purchase" section.
"We hope the more user-friendly website enables you to take full advantage of the services and benefits TAA has to offer, including free mentoring; free teleconferences; discounts on editing services, books and attorney fees; and publication grants of up to $750," said Hull.
To access the members-only features of the TAA website members will need their member username and password. Members who don't have a username and password should contact Jodi Matson at jodi.matson@taaonline.net.
The website was redesigned by Tammy Seidick Graphic Design.
Busy TAA People: Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (North Mankato, MN) recently published an article in Gifted Child Today (2008, 31, 41-29) entitled, "Internet Strategies for gifted students." His latest book, Teaching and writing: Research-based strategies for teachers, tutors, parents, and paraprofessionals, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, will be out in September 2009. He is also under contract to write a second edition of his social studies textbook, Making connections in elementary and middle school social studies, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sages.
Recommended Reading
What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career, by Paul Gray and David E. Drew (Stylus Publishing, 2008)
TAA Listserv split in two
TAA has split the TAA Listserv into two separate Listservs, one for textbook authors and one for academic authors. Choose which Listserv (or you can subscribe to both) you would like to subscribe to, and subscribe yourself. The current TAA Listserv will only remain active for a few months to allow members to switch over to the new Listservs.
TAA Conference one-hour mentoring session winners announced
Michael Spiegler, Patricia Casey and Courtland Bovee are the winners of the early conference registration drawings for three one-hour mentoring sessions to be held at the 2008 TAA Conference at Harrah's in Las Vegas, June 19-21. To be entered into the drawing, you had to register for the conference by May 1.
Spiegler won the one-hour mentoring session with Authoring Attorney Michael Lennie. Casey won the one-hour mentoring session with Tara Gray, presenter of the TAA-sponsored workshop, "Publish & Flourish: Become A Prolific Author." Courtland Bovee is the winner of the one-hour mentoring session with Authoring Attorney Stephen Gillen.
Participate in Authors Guild summer teleconferences
The Authors Guild is holding summer seminars and roundtables by phone on how to promote your book before and after its publication, how to negotiate a better book contract, how to register your copyright, and tax tips for writers. The cost for members is $10 per seminar. The non-member fee is $60 per seminar. Normal long-distance phone charges to Minnesota apply.
Authors Guild Phone Seminar Calendar -- Summer 2008
Book Publicity Roundtable
Hosted by Bella Stander, Authors Guild member, and proprietor of BOOK PROMOTION 101, offering publicity workshops and consulting to commercially published authors.
Monday, June 9, 3 p.m. EST
Tuesday, June 10, 6 p.m. EST
Wednesday, June 11, 9 p.m. EST
Book Contract Negotiation
Hosted by Anita Fore, Authors Guild Director of Legal Services
Tuesday, June 17, 12 p.m. EST
Thursday, June, 19, 3 p.m. EST
Copyright in 30 Minutes: How and Why to Register
Hosted by Anita Fore, Authors Guild Director of Legal Services
Tuesday, June 24, 12 p.m. EST
Thursday, June 26, 3 p.m. EST
Tax Tips for Writers
Hosted by Robert Pesce, CPA, Marcum & Kliegman Literary Services Group
Wednesday, June 18, 6 p.m. EST
To register, please click here.
Attend course on textbook effectiveness
A three day course on "What makes an effective textbook?" will be held at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, September 3-5, 2008. The course leaders are Arno Reints, director CLU, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, and James McCall, Centre for Publishing Studies, University of Stirling. The cost for the three day course is 595 Euros. For registration information, email a.reints@clu.nl
Download flyer (PDF)
Princeton University Press to reprint typo-riddled book
After author Peter Moskos's friends and family members alerted him to numerous spelling and grammatical mistakes in his 245-page book, Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District, his publisher, Princeton University Press, recalled all 4,000 copies and announced it will publish a reprint. The publisher has taken full responsibility for the errors.
Microsoft ends Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects
Microsoft announced on May 23, 2008 in its Live Search blog that it is ending its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects. The sites have already been taken down. The company also said that it is winding down its digitization initiatives, including its library scanning and in-copyright book programs. The blog post, written by Satya Nadella, Microsoft's senior vice president search, portal and advertising, encouraged libraries to build on the platform Microsoft developed with its partners to create digital archives available to library users and search engines.
Emerald Publishing launches new journal on historical research in marketing
Emerald Publishing recently launched a new journal, the Journal of Historical Research in Marketing (JHRM). The quarterly, peer reviewed journal will focus on marketing history and the history of marketing thought.
JHRM is inviting submissions for the inaugural issue of the journal, which will be published in March 2009. The inaugural issue will celebrate the contributions to historical research in marketing by the late Dr. Stanley C. Hollander who was a member of the faculty at Michigan State University and is considered by many to be the founder of the 'new' marketing history. The deadline for submissions is July 15, 2008.
View JHRM's Special Issue Call for Papers
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