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updated 6/5/08

How to find a textbook publisher
If you have an idea for a new textbook a great way to start looking for a publisher is by attending your discipline's annual meeting -- which typically hosts book vendors -- where you may be able to make some good contacts with publishing companies, said Dr. Laura Taalman, a mathematics professor at James Madison University. Read the entire article: Click for more

Textbook author shares her experience working with literary agent
Dr. Cynthia Arem hired literary agent Michael Lennie of Lennie Literary & Authors Attorneys to negotiate the contract for her most recent book,  Conquering Writing Anxiety. He is also negotiating the terms for her Conquering Reading Anxiety book, which is in the proposal stage, and negotiating the terms for the third edition of her Conquering Math Anxiety: A Self-Help Workbook with CD, 2nd Edition, published by Brooks/Cole. Click for more

Tip for writing at home when you're not alone
Here's something Jane Karwoski, an adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, started recently that seems to really work to keep family members from interrupting her when she's writing at home: Click for more

updated 6/5/08

How to find a textbook publisher
If you have an idea for a new textbook a great way to start looking for a publisher is by attending your discipline's annual meeting -- which typically hosts book vendors -- where you may be able to make some good contacts with publishing companies, said Dr. Laura Taalman, a mathematics professor at James Madison University. Read the entire article: Click for more

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