Trying to Organize Your Work? A Content Curator Can Help

By Sierra Pawlak

During the November 27, 2024 TAA Conversation Circle, Janet Salmons, co-moderator and qualitative methodologist, shared an analogy of what she meant by the term “content curation” in the context of her work:

“If you go to an Art Museum, the curator doesn’t just hang all the stuff. They make sense of it. Like, ‘Oh, okay, here’s these George O’keefe paintings, and here are the Kachinas that were depicted in the painting,’ the artifacts and the history and the social context. So, I’m not just walking through a whole bunch of different pieces, but I’ve got something that’s making sense of it and looking for themes and pulling in other context that would help to build more meaning around it. That was the inspiration I had for using that term.”

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Industry News Round-Up Week of 11/11/24

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.

Scholarly Publishing World Slow to Embrace Generative AI (11/14/24)

Kindness in Academic Workplaces Can Boost Well-Being and Reduce Stress, Study Shows (11/13/24)

Flynn vs McGraw Hill LLC: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (11/6/24)

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Stressed About Your Publishing Contract? These 10 Tips from an Intellectual Property Attorney Can Help

By Sierra Pawlak

Making sure you’re getting a good textbook publishing contract can be stressful and confusing, but these ten tips from Brenda Ulrich, an intellectual property attorney at Archstone Law Group, PC, should help you feel more confident to negotiate a contract that’s right for you. Ulrich shared this advice in her 2024 Conference presentation “Top 10 Tips for Publishing Contract Negotiations.”

“No two contract negotiations are the same, no two publishers are identical, and no two authors are alike,” says Ulrich. Knowing what’s important to you dictates how your contract can be best suited to you and your needs, depending on where you are in your career, why you’re writing your book, and what your long-term plans are with your publisher. “There are a lot of things potentially at play in a contract negotiation” she says, so focusing on what’s most important to you is essential.

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