Special
Convention Update
June
6, 2005
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TAA Convention
Session:
Industry Positions on Textbook Pricing
TAA President and
mathematics author Mike Sullivan will moderate a panel discussion on
textbook pricing at the TAA Convention in Las Vegas on Saturday, June
25 from 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. Panel participants include Bruce Hildebrand,
Executive Director for Higher Education for the Association of American
Publishers; Gary L. June, Chief Marketing Officer for Pearson Higher
Education, International and Professional; Jade Roth, Barnes & Noble
College Bookstores; and Ed Schlichenmayer, National Association of College
Stores (NACS) College Bookstores. Please submit questions for the panel
in advance or during the break after the presentation. There will be
no questions from the floor. The panel will present from 9 a.m. to 10
p.m., followed by a 15 to 20-minute intermission to gather questions,
followed by questions to the panel, read by the moderator, until 10:50
a.m.
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Changes Made
to Convention Schedule
The "Meet and Greet"
originally scheduled for 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, will now
be held from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. The Friday night Awards Banquet will
begin at 6:30 p.m. The Meet and Greet will give convention attendees
the opportunity to network with authors, publishers and lawyers over
drinks and hors d'oeuvres in TAA's hospitality room. A second Meet and
Greet will be held Saturday from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Check out the
updated schedule here.
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Step Eleven to
Becoming a More Prolific Scholar
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 Thursday, June 23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday,
June 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Cost is $175 for TAA members
before May 1, $225 after; non-members $225 before May 1, $275 after.)
Gray shares the
eleventh step in becoming a more prolific scholar (She will be sharing
a step in each News Alert leading up to the convention): Read your prose
out loud. To polish your prose, you should read it out loud to someone-or
have someone read it out loud to you-for three reasons. First, you can
watch the expression of the other person to see when he or she is most
interested, bored, and so on. Second, you can hear when your prose is
most awkward and least conversational. Third, you can listen for excessive
precision. Ideally, you will read your prose out loud with someone else,
but you may hesitate to ask anyone to listen-or to read to you. If you
can't bring yourself to ask someone for help with your whole paper,
ask someone for help with your abstract, introduction and conclusion.
Even if you read your prose out loud to yourself in the end, it's much
better than not reading it out loud at all.
Gray shares 12
steps to becoming a more prolific scholar in a special article. Click
here to view the article.
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There's Still
Time to Register for the TAA Convention
If you've just found
out that you can attend the TAA Convention in Las Vegas, you can still
register! TAA's 18th Annual Convention will be held at the Imperial
Palace Hotel, located right on the Las Vegas strip. To register for
the convention, contact TAA at (727) 563-0020 or TEXT@tampabay.rr.com
or download registration forms 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 1, $225 after; non-members $225 before
May 1, $275 after. Call the Imperial Palace to reserve your room: (800)
634-6441.
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