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June
3, 2005
College Texts
to See Steady Drop in Sales
According to report
by the Book Industry Study Group, which sets industry standards and
conducts industry research on behalf of publishers, booksellers, libraries
and vendors, the sale of used college textbooks will create a steady
drop in new book sales, from 68 million in 2005 to 64.4. million in
2009.
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Jones and Bartlett
Acquires Virtual Text, Inc.
Jones and Bartlett
Publishers, Inc., the seventh largest college and professional publisher
in the United States, acquired Virtual Text, Inc., founded in 2000 by
Benjamin Lewin to provide a comprehensive web and print resource for
the entire life science curriculum. Virtual Text's operation, including
all employees, will be moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts and integrated
into Jones and Bartlett's Sudbury headquarters. Virtual Text, through
its comprehensive website, http://www.ergito.com,
provides an integrated approach to education in the life sciences. Included
in the acquisition are the copyrights for Lewin's bestselling texts,
Genes, now in its eighth edition, and Essential Genes, first published
in 2005. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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E-Rights Suit
Against Pearson in Discovery Phase
TAA member Frederic
Martini filed a lawsuit against his publisher, Pearson Education, in
late 2004 claiming Pearson was selling electronic editions of his textbooks
without electronic rights, and without paying him royalties on those
sales, and the sales of electronic products to which the publisher does
own the rights. The case is in the early phases of discovery in the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco.
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TAA Member Al
Shenk Shares Advice
In May, TAA member
Al Shenk sent a message to the TAA Listserve asking if anyone could
refer him to any published articles or other documents with advice about
contracts for co-authors of textbooks. He shares some of the advice
he received from other members: Paul Rosenzweig recommended the website
of Ivan Hoffman, an attorney specializing in publishing http://www.ivanhoffman.com;
Mike Timmons recommended two books (paper backs for about $21 each):
Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law, by Jonathan Kirsch, 1995 ISBN #
0-918226-33-3, and Kirsch's Guide to the Book Contract, by Jonathan
Kirsch, 1999 ISBN # 0-918226-35-X; several people referred him to authoring
attorney Michael Lennie http://www.lennieliterary.com
Do you have a text
and academic authoring question? To post a question to the TAA Listserv,
send an e-mail to: TAA@mail-list.com
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Register for
the TAA Convention in Las Vegas
Check out the schedule
for the 2005 TAA Convention here.
TAA's 18th Annual
convention will be held at the Imperial Palace Hotel, located right
onthe Las Vegas strip. To register for the convention, contact TAA at
(727) 563-0020 or TEXT@tampabay.rr.com
or download a registration form here.
Registration is
$75 for members before May 15, $125 after. Registration for non-members
is $125 before May 15, $175 after. Non-member registration includes
a one year membership to TAA. A pre-convention workshop, "Publish
and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar," will be held Thursday,
June 23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, June 24 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Cost is $175 for TAA members before May 15, $225 after;non-members $225
before May 15, $275 after. Room rates for TAA convention attendees are
$85 per night. Call the Imperial Palace to reserve your room: (800)
634-6441. Find more information about the TAA convention here.
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Add TAA Website
URL to Your E-mail Signature
Help spread the
word about TAA — add TAA's website URL to your e-mail signature:
Member of the Text and Academic Authors Association http://www.taaonline.net
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Sound Off!
TAA is always looking
for columns on issues related to text and academic authoring (plagiarism;
used books; comp copies; contracts; royalties; journal submission guidelines,
etc.) for publication on the TAA website or in The Academic Author.
400-word maximum. Please send your name, title, school, college or university
affiliation (if any), phone number and e-mail address along with your
column to Kim Pawlak, Editor, kmpawlak@centurytel.net
or mail it to S2874 Spruce St., Fountain City, WI 54629 or call (608)
687-3106.
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