Top 10 Reasons to Attend TAA's 27th Annual Conference
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Top 10 Reasons to Attend
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#10Your work lacks humor.
Learn how and why humor works for making academic subjects come to life from cartoon editor of The New Yorker,
Bob Mankoff.
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#9
You’re lost in a sea of journals.
Learn successful strategies to help you narrow your choices and begin to ensure your work gets published.
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Source: Nordic Co-operation website (norden.org)
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#8
You’re a multi-tasker,or in this case, a multi-project-er—but not necessarily a good one.
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#7You’ve been impacted by the Cengage bankruptcy and wonder what comes
next.
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Source: Milos Milosevic via Compfight
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#6 You’ve tried
the traditional publishing path,
but now you want to self-publish
& don’t know where to start.
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Source: Redver
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#5
You’re finally realizing that social media is here to stay and
since half your class is busy tweeting (um, tweeting?) you want to learn how to engage
them using social media to your advantage.
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Source: http://www.alistdaily.com
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#4
Sanity? You had that once—before you
started that book project. Learn how to get it back.
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Source: http://stylesaveus.com/tag/keep-calm-and-travel/
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#3
You’ve said this phrase too many times, “I wish I knew then what I know
now.”
Change fate and learn what experienced textbook authors wish they knew before they signed their
first contract.® 2014 Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)
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#2
You feel like your writing problems are unique to
you.
Mingle with your peers,who truly do understand.
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#1
You’re really a foodie
at heart. Things like blue crab, crab
cakes, pit beef, lake trout, Berger cookies, and snowballs have you
ready to jump on a plane right now.
But wait until June! ® 2014 Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)
Source: Richard Fraley
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We’ll see you in Baltimore!
Register for the 27th Annual Textbook & Academic
Authoring Conference by May 1 to receive the early registration rate. All rates increase by $50
starting May 2.
http://2014taaconference.net/register.html
® 2014 Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)