You have more leverage than you think. If you've ever been published, then you've seen it before -- a WHEREAS and a THEREFORE followed by eight or more pages of pre-printed, pedantic prose offered up by the editor as his/her "standard publishing contract." Other than a few tiny spaces for your name, the title of the work, and the manuscript delivery date, the bulk of it looks as though it were long ago locked down in Century Schoolbook type. But the truth is that there is more to review than the spelling of your name, choice of title, and projected completion date, and more to negotiate than you might realize or believe. In this detailed guide, you will learn the key provisions of a typical textbook contract and how to determine what's important to you so that you can enter into the contract negotiation process better informed. BONUS MATERIAL! 20 Questions to Ask Your Editor As a bonus, we included a list of 20 questions that you can employ to learn more about your publisher's plans for, and expectations of, your work -- information that will help you evaluate your leverage and your editor's weaknesses. About TAA: The Textbook &amp; Academic Authors Association (TAA) provides a wide range of professional development resources, events, and networking opportunities for textbook authors and authors of scholarly journal articles and books. Visit us at: TAAonline.net

Guide to Textbook Publishing Contracts

Gillen, Stephen E.

Business

Textbook and Academic Authors Association

Writing and crafting a textbook and attending to authoring tasks is a time-consuming, complex--some would say monumental--project, even harrowing at times. This updated and expanded third edition of Writing and Developing Your College Textbook: A Comprehensive Guide, published by the Textbook &amp; Academic Authors Association, will empower authors to undertake textbook development by guiding them through the nuts and bolts of the development process, and providing essential background information on the changing higher education publishing industry, as well as how to choose a publisher, write a textbook proposal, negotiate a publishing contract, and establish good author-publisher relations. Robert Christopherson, author of Geosystems, said: "TAA and the authors have done a wonderful service to us all--textbook, academic, and even trade authors--with this seminal, blood-and-guts guide to the art, craft, and work of authoring. Even though I signed my first contract in 1987, I read every word of this valuable new book and took pages of notes to guide me forward!" Linda S. Ganster, Editorial Director at Rowman &amp; Littlefield, said: "Writing and Developing your College Textbook is a wonderful reference for those interested in entering the field. Written by knowledgeable publishing insiders, this guide will help readers successfully navigate the ever-changing publishing landscape. At each stage of the process, from initial proposal and contract negotiation all the way through development and into production, the authors provide thoughtful instruction, enabling new authors to fully partner with publishers to create their best work." Divided into three sections, each written by a veteran in the higher education publishing industry, chapters include: - The Evolving Higher Education Textbook Publishing Industry - How College Textbooks are Published - How to Capture Publishers' Interest - Negotiate Your Contract - Why Your Textbook Needs Development - Write to Reach Your True Audience - Establish an Effective Authorial Voice - Why You Need Learning Objectives - Why Heading Structure Matters - View the Full Table of Contents The book also includes 22 samples and templates, and a new feature called "Author to Author", which provides an inside look at how many of the concepts introduced in the book have been put into practice by successful textbook authors. In this third edition, authors Sean W. Wakely, Founder and Principal Adviser at Academic Author Advisers, who wrote the first section on the higher education publishing industry, and Stephen E. Gillen, Partner at Wood Herron &amp; Evans, who wrote the second section on contracts, joined Mary Ellen Lepionka, a retired publisher, author, editor, textbook developer, and college instructor, who wrote the first two editions and authored the third section of the book on writing and development.

Writing and Developing Your College Textbook: A Comprehensive Guide

Education & Teaching

Lepionka, Mary Ellen

Wakely, Sean W

Schools & Teaching

Avoid Costly Rights Clearance and Permissions Mistakes
Learn what you need to know to avoid and manage copyright infringement claims that arise from the publication of your book, article, or media project. In this book, intellectual property attorney Stephen E. Gillen covers the unique rights clearance and permission issues related to writing scholarly works: <ul>
<li>Attributing text and ideas borrowed from others</li> <li>Fair use</li> <li>Dealing with authorship credit</li> <li>Variations in rights-clearing strategies from field to field</li> <li>The upside-down business model of open access journal writing</li> <li>The non-exclusive rights reserved by some universities to the writings of their faculty</li> <li>Whether self-publishing affects the potential to publish traditionally in the future</li> <li>The variability in licensing models for open educational resources</li> </ul>
You'll also get practical pointers and guidelines, and more than a dozen templates you can use to request permissions and secure releases. Put 40 years of rights clearance and permissions experience on your bookshelf.

Guide to Rights Clearance & Permissions in Scholarly, Educational, and Trade Publishing

Intellectual Property

You know you should be writing at least 15 minutes a day. But with all the demands on your time, how can you find 15 minutes or more to spare? And when you do find the time to write, it's often hard to break free of the distractions and build momentum in the time that you have. We get it. Making time to write--and doing it productively--can be challenging.So, to help you succeed, we've collected 100+ successful tips and strategies--and a lot of inspiration--from authors who have made the time and made it work. In this Guide to Making Time to Write, you will find just what you need to boost your productivity, adjust your routine, and focus on your writing efforts once and for all. Isn't it time for you to make the time to write?

Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors

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Guide to Textbook Publishing Contracts

Writing and Developing Your College Textbook: A Comprehensive Guide

Guide to Rights Clearance & Permissions in Scholarly, Educational, and Trade Publishing

Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors