Top 10 Reasons to Attend

#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)

#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

#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

#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

#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/

#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

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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

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

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