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Video: Learn how TAA can help you become a more successful textbook or academic author
Learn how TAA can help you become a more successful textbook or academic author. Watch this short 2.5 minute video.
How to determine author order when collaborating with multiple authors
When multiple authors collaborate to write a journal article, the task of determining authorship order inevitably arises. In some situations,…
6 Tips for a productive summer break
Summer vacation can be a great time for academic writers to get ahead on their writing projects, but all too often professors and graduate students find themselves scrambling to get something—anything—finished as summer comes to a close, and wondering how the summer slipped away from them.
Passing the torch: Selecting a successor to write future textbook editions
Finding a successor for your textbook(s) can be a daunting, arduous task. At TAA’s June 2013 conference veteran authors Robert Christopherson, Michael Sullivan, and Karen Morris presented a session sharing strategies for finding a successor and successfully transitioning the future editions of your texts.
The following is an overview of that presentation, highlighting ten tips to facilitate successor author transitions — “passing the torch.”
Bringing in a co-author requires ‘reconstitution’ of book project
Finding a co-author for your textbook should involve more than finding someone to share the workload, said Mary Ellen Lepionka,…