TAA member Dr. David Lucander, an assistant professor of Pluralism and Diversity in America at Rockland Community College, will appear on the television show, Mysteries at the Museum, Friday, October 16 at 9 p.m. on the Travel Channel. This will be a special episode about the most famous protest that never happened: the 1941 March on Washington. As the author of a recent book about this subject,
Featured Member Kathleen King – Motivation, marketing & the ‘easy fix’
Kathleen P. King, professor of Adult and Higher Education at the University of South Florida in Tampa, is an award winning author of 30 books, most recently 147 Tips for Emerging Scholars and The Professor’s Guide to Taming Technology, and more than 175 journal articles and research papers. She is known for her sessions and innovative topics and is a popular international keynote and conference speaker, mentor, and professor. King’s areas of research include instructional technology, faculty development, and mentoring. Here King shares what motivates her to write, tips on marketing your works, and the ‘easy fix’:
5 Tips for Kickstarter success for writers
I recently completed my third successful Kickstarter campaign to help promote my new book, Earth Joy Writing: Creating Harmony through Journaling and Nature, which will be released on Earth Day, April 22nd.
TAA PODCAST: Tips & Strategies for Successfully Marketing Your Textbook
In this TAA podcast, Robert Christopherson, author of the leading physical geography textbooks in the US and Canada, shares strategies authors can use to successfully market their textbook, including participation in national sales meetings, an author’s blog linked to the text, an interactive web site, and more.
Use YouTube videos to promote your textbook
Lydia Cline, a drafting professor at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, and the author of five text and trade books, said she has found that posting short videos on her books’ topics to YouTube can be an effective way to promote them.
TAA announces call for proposals for 28th annual conference
The Text and Academic Authors Association is pleased to announce a call for proposals for its 28th Annual Textbook &…