Maureen-Mackenzie-Ruppel-C-2.png” alt=”Maureen Maureen Mackenzie-Ruppel” width=”160″ height=”159″ />TAA Member Dr. Maureen L. Mackenzie-Ruppel, authored The Fearless Speaker: The Strategic Presenter’s Playbook, published by SophiaOmni on August 5.
The Fearless Speaker delivers a powerful and proven roadmap for mastering public speaking and transforming fear into focused intentional presence.
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!
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.
An article on Medium is warning of “a widespread, fast-growing form of Internet fraud directly targeting authors — especially self-published, indie, and late-career writers.”
If you receive a “friendly” email congratulating you on your book, followed by another email asking you to pay an “administration”, “spotlight”, “honorarium contribution”, or “coordination fee”, it is a scam. Don’t fall for their claim you are missing a “valuable opportunity.”
Occupational Health and Safety: Measuring Safety Performance by Amna S. Imamshah distills peer-reviewed research into a practical, academically rigorous guide to what we should measure in occupational safety, why it matters, and how to measure it effectively.
Becoming a School Counselor by Patrick R. Mullen highlights the experiences and perspectives of practicing school counselors to provide readers with an in-depth examination of the profession. The book does not attempt to cover the entirety of the field but rather zeroes in on pressing issues and presents them with an honest and balanced viewpoint.
