A Publishing Strategy to Last a Career

By John Bond

Early in one’s career, academics and researchers focus on individual wins (read: getting published). Long term, however, they are better served by developing a personalized Publishing Strategy. This may sound highfalutin, but it is simpler than it sounds and easier to develop and curate over time than most people think.

First, what is a Publishing Strategy? A Publishing Strategy is a long-term, intentional plan for when, where, and how you publish your research, aligned with your academic goals, research agenda, and career stage. Most people only start to think about this after achieving their first position in academia. They’re anxious to get their first publication under their belt. It is gratifying, invalidating. This first publication might enable them to fulfill a requirement for employment or for a research grant. These first few wins are important, but I suggest you quickly move past them to develop a wider plan.

Industry News Round-Up Week of 7/21/25

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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.

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Dear Dr. Noelle: Are You Thrashing Around in the Undertow of Dissertation Revisions?

By Dr. Noelle Sterne

Q: How do I get out from the endless waves of dissertation revisions?

— Almost Drowning

A: In the throes of writing your dissertation, you’ve submitted your drafts to your chair and committee more times than you want to count. And they’ve returned the drafts with seemingly endless rounds of revisions. Granted, they may drive you crazy, but—please believe me—you can handle the revisions so they don’t completely erode your confidence, deepen your depression, and thoroughly destroy your sanity.

A chair or committee’s insistence on revisions that keep kicking back (one student called them “regurgitating revisions”) generally stem from one of two main motivations. The revisions reflect the less-than-healthy inclinations of some professors who are perfectionist, vindictive, petty, and competitive. They may be frustrated with their current position, shouldering too many doctoral students’ dissertations, or still bitterly recalling their own chair who put them through the grinder. And they want to show you who’s boss.

2025 TAA Virtual Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘The Force Continuum’

The Force Continuum, by Wendi Zimmer, is a series of four pillars that, when strengthened, allow us to apply the information we already know. When strengthened, the Force Continuum, which consists of our mindset, identity, energy, and habits, gives us permission to take control of our lives.

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Industry News Round-Up Week of 7/7/25

Stay updated on the latest news, advancements, and changes that are shaping the textbook and academic authoring industry with our bi-weekly Industry News Round-Up. Have an item to share? Email Sierra.Pawlak@TAAonline.net.


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