Join Robert M. Pesce, a Managing Director with CBIZ, on Tuesday, March 24 from 1 – 2 pm ET, for the TAA webinar, “Taxes & Authors: What You Should Know in 2026”. He will share the basic tax information you should know as an author.
2026 TAA Institute Bookstore Featured Book, ‘Business and Technical Writing for the Real World: Skills You Can Use Now’
Business and Technical Writing for the Real World by Sean Brierley is a professional writing guide for a broad array of students, including engineers and business majors, not just English majors. The text is designed to be modular, so its chapters need not be used sequentially and can fit your teaching style. The book features a table of contents, an index, and a glossary. Chapter contents include discussion and frequent examples of brainstorming, organization, structure, grammar, citing, trademarks, resumes and job hunting, graphics, and artificial intelligence. Communication channels and tools discussed include presentations, social media, video conferencing, reports, and general computer best practices.
Nominate Yourself or a Colleague for a TAA Recognition Award
Nominate yourself or a colleague for one of four TAA Recognition Awards. These awards, which recognize individual achievements in writing or in service to TAA or fellow authors, are selected each year by the TAA Council of Fellows and Awards Committee.
The deadline for nominations is April 15, 2026.
Service Awards
TAA Author Mentoring Award | TAA Distinguished Service Award
Writing Awards
2026 TAA Institute Keynote: How the AI Revolution is Impacting the Future of Textbook & Academic Publishing
Published academic book author and futurist Bryan Alexander will present the 2026 Michael Sullivan Lecture Keynote, “How the AI Revolution is Impacting the Future of Textbook & Academic Publishing,” at the Textbook & Academic Authors Association’s 2026 TAA Institute for Textbook and Academic Authors on Friday, June 12. This interactive and engaging talk will explore emerging and potential AI uses in the textbook world, including:
- Publishers using it to create or assist in making manuscript reviews, indexes, art, and marketing
- Developing bots for reader interactions with materials
- Authors rapidly creating textbooks with AI
- Questions around content licensing, AI and copyright
- Sustained academic and popular opposition to general AI
He will conclude with several scenarios for possible textbook futures. Learn more or register
AI Advocacy – Graphic Artists Guild Launches ‘No Artists, No Art’ Campaign
The Graphic Artists Guild has launched the “No Artists, No Art” campaign to publicize the need to protect visual artists’ rights in a generative AI environment. The campaign’s message is twofold:
- Without high-quality creative works to train on, generative AI will deliver poorer and poorer quality outputs.
- In order to have a robust generative AI economy, the rights of creators and copyright holders need to be protected.
2026 TAA Institute Bookstore Featured Book ‘Service Excellence in Higher Education: True Stories of Servant Leadership’
Service Excellence in Higher Education: True Stories of Servant Leadership, co-edited by Dr. Joseph Michelli; Dr. Joseph Hopkins; Dr. Bill Budai; Dr. Rocky Wallace, is a warm and engaging collection of stories of servant-leadership in action. Serving others has long been at the heart of Kentucky’s Campbellsville University, and this book contains inspiring true stories written by many of its educational leaders. Each chapter is grounded in first-hand servant-leadership experiences and concludes with thoughtful questions for further reflection. Service Excellence in Higher Education is a beautiful example of the head, hands, and heart of servant leadership working together, for the benefit of all. It deserves to be read by servant-leaders everywhere.”Larry C. Spears, Author, educator, executiveSenior Advisory Editor, The International Journal of Servant-LeadershipServant-Leadership Scholar, Gonzaga University