This week’s most useful posts are a great mix of academic, grant, and textbook content—plus a few “fun” pieces. Each…
The nuts & bolts of writing a book review
As a scholar and a writer, I am surrounded by books. I buy books at conferences. I buy books online. A stack of books grows on my desk, and even finds its way onto any horizontal surface in my living room. I identify them from reading the reference list of journal articles. I get recommendations from peers.
One of the services I can provide my peers is to write a book review on one of my most recently purchased books. A review serves to help my colleagues decide whether or not they wish to read the book.
TAA Spring Webinars for Textbook & Academic Writers
Join us for these upcoming Text and Academic Authors Association webinars for textbook and academic authors. These 60-minute sessions connect…
Forming a publisher relationship: 6 Strategies for building rapport
In the first part of this three-part series, I described how product acquisitions works, and in the second part I…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: January 16, 2014
“Writing: somewhere between torture and fun.” I’m not sure about you, but this is how I often feel about writing—more…
TAA Vice President’s message: Top 10 reasons to be a textbook and/or academic author
Why should anyone want to write textbooks, journal articles, or other academic publications? After all, prospective authors can never be…