Keep Writing: 101 Strategies for Academic Writers, by Patricia Goodson, Ph.D. and Margarita Huerta, Ph.D.. is a reader-friendly book that contains a wealth of approaches, strategies, and tools related to academic writing. Organized into 101 short entries (fewer than 500 words each), the text is crafted to inspire and motivate academics to keep writing throughout their entire careers.
What Does Your Contract Allow Your Publisher to Do?
In her 2025 TAA Virtual Conference session, “Can My Publisher Really Do That?”, Brenda Ulrich, an intellectual property attorney with Archstone Law, said that authors often ask her questions that boil down to “can my publisher do that?”, but what they’re really asking is, “what does my contract allow my publisher to do?”.
“At the end of the day, the rules of your relationship with your publisher come down to what’s in the contract,” she said. “That’s why it is really important to carefully negotiate a contract from the start and make sure that from the start you understand what it means. That way, when things get dicey and divisive, the contract is the road map that you, the publisher, your lawyer, and ultimately, perhaps even a court, will look at to determine whether you or your publisher can ‘do that.’”
She shared some of the most common questions she hears from authors. Here are two:
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2025 TAA Virtual Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Learning Evidence-Based Research Skills the Peak Practice Way’
Learning Evidence-based Research Skills the Peak Practice Way: A Beginners Guide by Debra R. Hanna is the first book in a three-volume series designed to help undergraduate students develop evidence-based research skills. Supplemental digital learning exercises leverage Dr. K. Anders Ericsson’s peak practice principles. This first book focuses on research language and nine basic research skills.
2025 TAA Virtual Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Dynamics of American State and Local Governments’
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2025 TAA Virtual Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Foundations of Academic Writing’
In its short-chapter format, Foundations of Academic Writing by Julie P. Combs focuses on the skills of reading, writing, searching, and organizing a research study. Instructors have used this book to advise thesis/dissertation students and in courses about writing and literature reviews. Students learn to select a topic, take notes using systems, summarize, avoid plagiarism, develop editing strategies, and build a writing practice.