Textbook & Academic Authors Association

Happy Friday! End your week by catching up on all the buzz in the industry. https://buff.ly/4bZqp9k 🏴☠️ Should Google do more to prevent textbook piracy? 🤖 Academic authors ‘shocked’ after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI ✍️Making academic writing more engaging 📕 Textbook authors told climate change references must be cut to get Florida’s OK 🗺️ The International Biogeography Society relaunches flagship journal Frontiers of Biogeography on Pensoft’s ARPHA platform 🧠 Embracing neurodiversity in research: How does academic publishing need to change? 💻 AI chatbots have thoroughly infiltrated scientific publishing #PublishingIndustry #Publishing #AcademicPublishing #Textbooks #Piracy #Academia #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicWriting #Writing #WritingIndustry #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ScientificPublishing #HigherEd #FridayVibes

From scheduling writing time to seeking specialty publishers to engaging Gen Z, TAA's award-winning textbook authors share the secrets to their success! https://buff.ly/3zYHZNc #WritingTips #WritingInspiration #Textbooks #AcademicAuthors #AcademicWriting #TextbookWriting #PublishingAwards #PublishingTips #ScholarlyPublishing #Writing #ThursdayThoughts #Awards #WritingAwards #Motivation

Cengage Group, the leading provider of higher education materials, is currently seeking new textbook authors across all disciplines to join its creative team. Could that be you? Find out more in this blog post. https://lnkd.in/eADjiQmM #Textbooks #AcademicAuthors #Writing #TextbookAuthors #Academia #ScholarlyPublishing #HigherEd #Publishing #JobOpportunities

Mark your calendar for next year's BIG event on June 6-7, 2025. We're excited to harness the energy from last month's successful annual conference into a dynamic new virtual experience available to textbook and academic authors everywhere! More than 60% of our members prefer the June timing for #TAA2025, according to a recent member survey, and we're delivering! https://buff.ly/3Wx49z2 #Conferences #Publishing #HigherEd #Writing #WritingConferences #SavetheDate #ScholarlyPublishing #TuesdayTip

Join the conversation! On Wednesday, July 31, at 1 p.m. ET, we'll tackle the important topic of plagiarism. It's always been an issue for writers of all types, including textbook and academic authors, but the means by which people do it — and the options for catching it — are constantly evolving. Don't miss this critical online discussion with your peers! https://buff.ly/4bS0a4r #Writing #Plagiarism #WritingTools #WritingTechnology #AI #Conversation #WritingTips #AcademicWriting #ScholarlyPublishing #Textbooks #Publishing

This new addition to TAA's Temples & Samples library walks authors through the essential elements of what to include in the letter to potential adopting faculty or a committee, with concrete examples from Jamie Pope, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND based on what she does when she is reaching out to these groups for her own book. Check it out! https://lnkd.in/ehk6mJwF #Authoring #AcademicAuthors #AcademicWriting #Textbooks #HigherEd #Writing #Academia #ScholarlyPublishing #Email #Faculty #University #Committee #Authors #WritingTools #WritingTemplates #WritingSamples

“Learning is very much a human experience, and, while the integration of AI and other tech tools in educational settings may change how teachers teach and learners learn, the core of the experience—what makes us want to learn—has not.” —Macmillan Learning CEO Susan Winslow at #TAA2024 https://lnkd.in/eZK94-Nc #ThursdayThoughts #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Writing #Learning #Education #Publishing #AcademicWriting #Textbooks #HigherEd #PhDLife #Academia #Teaching #Teachers #Educators

Check out this comprehensive list from John Bond of useful tech tools (with links) for textbook and academic authors, including reference management software, grammar checkers, video editors, AI chatbots, AI originality checkers, journal selection tools, and more! It's a treasure trove of helpful resources for writers. https://lnkd.in/efbPCz68 #Writing #WritingCommunity #WritingTechnology #WritingTools #WritingResoures #AcademicWriting #Textbooks #ScholarlyPublishing #HigherEd #Authors #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #Video #Grammar #Journals #PhDLife #AmWriting #Writers

"I want to thank everyone for how kind and welcoming they were, and how the presenters and audience made it so easy to moderate for the first time. I had such a wonderful experience meeting everyone, and I can’t wait to see everyone again." — first-time #TAA2024 attendee Sierra Pawlak https://buff.ly/4bOxr0m #Conferences #Moderation #Moderating #AcademicWriting #AcademicAuthors #HigherEd #Textbooks #HigherLearning #ScholarlyPublishing #Publishing #Writing #MondayMotivation

Did you know that about 40% of our happiness comes from intentional activities? So choose your personal and professional activities wisely to gain maximum satisfaction from them. Conferences offer a great mix of social connection and mental enrichment. "After attending the TAA conference in Nashville, I realized that it goes beyond simply providing a platform for people to share knowledge," writes Angelica Ribeiro. "It encourages attendees to engage in what [happiness researcher] Lyubomirsky (2008) calls “happiness activities.” https://lnkd.in/eprAbsGS #FriYay #FridayVibes #FunFacts #Happiness #HappinessResearch #Writing #Conferences #TAA2024 #AcademicWriting #Textbooks #KnowledgeSharing #HappinessActivities