In the first installment of this three-part series, “Forming a publisher relationship: The acquisitions editor”, I provided a perspective on…
TAA President’s Message: Love the one you’re with
As authors, we all have numerous jealous mistress equivalents. There are classes to teach, students to educate, family members to…
Copyright: Why a memorialized record of good faith matters
There are few absolutes or bright lines when it comes to copyright matters. So much is left to the judgment…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: October 17, 2014
It is hard to believe it is the middle of October already. Hopefully you have settled back into a routine; most…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: October 10, 2014
This week’s posts are not only useful to apply to your writing, but also thought provoking. One author even dared…
When getting rights clearance is tough
We’ve all been there. You have the perfect photo . . . verse . . . song lyrics . . . vignette . . . you name it . . . to open your book or a chapter within it. Having labored long and hard to locate just the thing, you are now certain that nothing else will do. There’s only one problem. It’s not yours and either you can’t determine who owns the rights, or you can’t figure out how to reach them, or they’re dead or out of business, or they won’t answer you.