This year’s TAA conference sessions were jam-packed with great tips, strategies and take-aways. Here are just 5 of the cool resources I learned about at #2015TAA:
Textbook contract negotiations: Do your homework
When it comes to contract negotiations, you have to do your homework, says Steve Gillen, partner at Wood, Herron & Evans, where he concentrates his practice on publishing, media, and copyright matters. “Negotiations are ultimately influenced by which side knows the most about the other side’s positions. The editor starts this contest with an advantage gained from experience in the market, experience doing other similar deals (undoubtedly many more than you have done), and the benefits of your perspective as reflected in your proposal. The way to get on an even footing with the editor/publisher is to learn more about the publisher’s plans for, and expectations of, your work — information that will help you evaluate your leverage and the editor’s weaknesses.
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: July 24, 2015
Wouldn’t it be nice if in fact inspiration would strike at just the very moment we need it? Sometimes I…
Collaboration: How to determine author order [Infographic]
Collaborating on a writing project can offer many advantages, but how do you determine in which order each author’s name should…
4 Textbook writing blogs you should be following
Academic writing focused blogs are easy to come by in today’s digital world. Textbook writing blogs, however, are not so…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: July 17, 2015
No piece of writing is perfect when first written—that’s why they call it a first draft and why editing exists. Pat Thomson offers a bit of comfort in her piece this week in that all academic writers (or any writer for that matter) face the same struggles. She focuses on being ‘stuck’ with a writing piece and how to move thru it. Today, just focus on getting started and let the rest fall into place. The rest will either fall into place or, if nothing else, give you direction for where to go on the page next time you sit to write. Either way, just start and know that you can (and will) edit later.