textacademicpodcast

Join us for an interview with Dr. Felicia Moore Mensah, who will share a sneak peek of her 2011 TAA Conference workshop, "Writing and Publishing Your Scholarly Journal Article," on Monday, May 9 at 1:30 p.m. ET. Moore Mensah is the author of more than 30 academic articles, book chapters, and teacher professional resources, and serves on the editorial boards of three journals in science education. She will be presenting her four-hour workshop the Thursday before the 24th Annual TAA Conference in Albuquerque, NM, June 24-25.
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Join us for an interview with Dannelle Stevens and Joanne Cooper, authors of Journal Keeping: How to Use Reflective Writing for Learning, Teaching, Professional Insight and Positive Change for a sneak peek of their 2011 TAA Conference session, "Five Key Strategies to Boost Writing Power and Productivity." Stevens and Cooper will be presenting their session at the 24th Annual TAA Conference in Albuquerque, NM, June 24-25. http://www.taaonline.net/TAAConference

The title of your book can be an asset or a liability. Making sure that it’s the former and not the latter requires an understanding of trademark law as it is uniquely applied to book titles and the interplay with copyright law. Stephen E. Gillen, an attorney at Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P., will share what trademarks have to do with book titles, what a book’s copyright covers, and how and when a title can be protected. Join us on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 1 p.m. ET for this 15-minute preview to Gillen’s session for the 2011 TAA Conference in Albuquerque, NM.

Ever wondered who writes all those college textbook test questions, lecture outlines, instructor’s manuals, study guides, and other materials that help students learn better and instructors teach better? Freelance writers like John Soares, that’s who. John, the author of "Writing College Textbook Supplements: The Definitive Guide to Winning High-Paying Assignments in the College Textbook Publishing Market," will tell you what you need to succeed in this field, including how to get the attention of higher-education textbook editors and convince them to hire you; how to get your projects done well and quickly; and how to get paid well. Join us for this lively, informative, and entertaining preview to John Soares 60-minute audio conference for TAA members on Dec. 14 at 12 p.m. EST: http://www.taaonline.net/TAATeleconferences

Authoring a nonfiction paperback for general readers (in industry parlance, a trade book) is an adventure into the unknown for many academics, even those who have been prolific in academic publishing. Decisions to be made include: Which facets of my academic expertise will interest general audiences? How should I adapt my writing style in authoring a trade book? What should my manuscript and book proposal look like? Do I need an agent, and how do I find one? How will I negotiate a contract with a publisher? What will I do to publicize my book? Join us for an interview with Rutgers Professor Paula Caligiuri and freelance editor Elsa Peterson, who recently worked together on Paula's first trade book, for a sneak peek of their 60-minute TAA Audio Conference (Wed., Oct. 27, 1-2 p.m.): http://bit.ly/9FV1Uw

You might take that alphabetized list of words and page numbers for granted, but there's turmoil inside the textbook indexing world. First there's the ongoing challenge of people not understanding what indexing is about, a world where production editors are always just out of college, authors are forced to pay, and jobs are going to countries where English isn't a first language. The rise of e-books has reintroduced a significant problem that first appeared in the early 1990s: wholly inferior tools. E-book indexes do not work, literally. How does this affect writing? Join us for a lively discussion with Seth Maislin, Managing Partner at Potomac Indexing, LLC (http://www.potomacindexing.com), about how we find things...or not.

Join us for an interview with "Pro-Nagger" Rachel Z. Cornell, an accountability and productivity consultant, who has helped authors increase their writing productivity and keep them moving forward with their projects by providing them with daily, direct support. She will be joined by client Allan Bacon, author of "Start Something You: How to Discover, Develop and Fund Your Own Version of the Good Life (Without Quitting Your Job)" [coming in 2010] If you're stuck, lost your focus, have too many time commitments and end up getting very little done on an important project, or you need to self-motivate, you'll hear some ideas and suggestions for how to keep your projects on track in this 30-minute episode with plenty of time for questions.

Cornell will be presenting an expanded audio conference on this topic for TAA members on Tues., Sept. 14 at 2:30 EST/EDT. Visit the TAA website for details: http://www.taaonline.net/

Join three Sisters of the Academy Institute (SOTA) members as they discuss SOTA’s history and role in the academy, as well as opportunities for your involvement in a growing organization dedicated to research through collaboration. The SOTA Institute was founded on March 7, 2001 by the authors of Sisters of the Academy: Emergent Black Women Scholars in Higher Education (Stylus Publishing, 2001). Designed to address many of the issues raised in the book, the mission of SOTA is to facilitate the success of Black women in the academy by fostering research and scholarship collaboration.

Join us for an interview with publishing lawyer and textbook author Zick Rubin, The Law Office of Zick Rubin (www.zickrubin.com), who will cover some of the worst legal mistakes that a textbook or academic author can make. Learn about some of the legal traps that can be found in a range of areas, including provisions in publishing contracts, collaboration agreements, and copyright and permission issues. Rubin will be presenting an expanded audio conference on this topic for TAA members on Thurs., Sept. 23 @ 10 a.m. EST.

Join us for an interview with Michael Lennie, an attorney and literary agent with Lennie Literary & Authors' Attorney, about how recent and future changes in the textbook publishing industry, including e-book publishing, could affect authors.