TAA Member Makes Gift in Support of TAA’s Efforts to Guide Authors in the Bartz v Anthropic Settlement

A big thank you to anatomy and physiology textbook author Kenneth Saladin for his donation of $15,000 in support of TAA’s efforts to guide authors through the Bartz v Anthropic settlement process.

“Thank you so much for TAA’s immeasurably helpful information on how we authors can advocate for a just apportionment of the Anthropic settlement,” he said. “I think most of us would be lost without this, particularly since counsel for the class cannot represent or advise any one of us as individuals. It’s probably more than I stand to get in settlement even for my eligible books, but fighting for principles is more important to me than fighting for money. Anthropic isn’t the last AI battle that authors will have to fight, but it will help lay the groundwork to perhaps make others a little easier.”

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Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement Next Steps: Authors Share Their Arguments

Two TAA members whose works are included in the settlement have generously shared their arguments in support of their settlement percentage allocations. We have added links to the downloadable PDFs on our guidance page, “Contract Considerations for Authors in Anthropic Settlement Process” (available to TAA members only). Both authors, who will remain anonymous, hoped that sharing their arguments would help other authors in developing their own. We are thankful for their support of other authors whose works are included in the settlement!

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When A Revision Finally Breaks Loose

What our author team learned from tackling changes that had been waiting a long time

By Kevin Patton, Frank Bell, Terry Thompson, and Peggie Williamson

A textbook revision is often described as an “update.” That word seems much too weak for what sometimes happens behind the scenes.

Elsevier released the 12th edition of Anatomy & Physiology on September 15, 2026, authored by the four of us. The new edition is 40 pages shorter than the previous one—even though we added an entirely new chapter on the human microbiome. We also reorganized the reproduction chapters using a female-first sequence, reworked difficult explanations and illustrations, strengthened our approach to terminology, and expanded our representation of human variation.

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Dear Dr. Noelle: Dissertation Interruptus

By Dr. Noelle Sterne

Q: I can’t say no to different things that keep interfering with my dissertation. Do other women doctoral candidates have this trouble?
        —Ms. Dissertationally Distracted

A: You’re right. I’ve noticed throughout my practice that women doctoral candidates especially can easily become diverted by compassion for others in trouble. Well-meaning, generous decisions and actions may result in calamitous consequences to a dissertation.

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Next Steps in Bartz v Anthropic Settlement: Resolving Claim Percentage Differences

If you are a claimant in the Bartz v Anthropic copyright infringement settlement, you may have received an email this week updating you on the status of your claims. For undisputed claims, you can simply review the email and claim update but do not need to take further steps. “Disputed claims” are ones in which different claimants to a work – usually authors and publishers – are claiming different percentage splits of the payout for that work.

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