“Don’t be afraid to write crap because crap makes great fertilizer.” This quote by Jessica Brody not only put a…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: February 6, 2014
This week’s post is jam-packed full of great articles for academic and textbook writers. So instead of writing some long…
12 Week program inspires writing, research, teaching of women educators
TAA member Cassie Premo Steele contacted us today to tell us about a great new program for women academics she is offering called “The Feminar”. This 12-week program will inspire the writing, research and teaching of women educators and allow them to connect with women academics worldwide.
The program, which runs March 23-June 12, 2015, includes:
Sudan government bans Sudanese Writers Union
On January 29, 2015, the Sudanese Writers Union (SWU), the umbrella organization of the Sudanese Writers, was involuntarily dissolved and its…
Join us 2/10 for the TAA Webinar, ‘It’s All Greek to Me’: Translating Statistical Writing
Join us Tuesday, February 10 from 2-3 p.m. ET for the one-hour TAA webinar, “‘It’s All Greek to Me’: Translating Statistical…
Amazon offers new tool for creating etextbooks, Kindle Textbook Creator
Amazon has a new tool, Kindle Textbook Creator, to help educators and authors prepare, publish, and promote etextbooks and other educational content that can be accessed on Fire tablets, iPad, iPhone, Android smartphones and tablets, Mac, and PC.
Kindle Textbook Creator, offered through the new KDP EDU segment of Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing, can be used to turn PDFs of textbooks and course materials into Kindle books and upload them to KDP in just a few simple steps.