Laura Frost is a professor of Chemistry at Florida Gulf Coast University and Director of the Whitaker Center for STEM…
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If you are thinking of writing a textbook, an important step in the process is to research other textbooks in…
Register with the Authors Registry to receive secondary royalty payments from foreign organizations
The Authors Registry is a not-for-profit organization that distributes secondary royalties from foreign organizations to U.S. authors. The Registry was founded in 1995 by a consortium of U.S. authors’ organizations: The Authors Guild, The American Society of Journalists & Authors, the Dramatists Guild, and the Association of Authors’ Representatives. To date, the Authors Registry has distributed over $22.5 million in royalties to over 10,000 authors living in the United States.
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In a recent discussion about software tools for textbook authors in the Academic Writing & Publishing discussion circle in TAA’s…
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Starting with the first edition, physical geography textbook author Robert Christopherson developed an editorial style guide specific to his books.…