TOP 11 REASONS TO

ATTEND THE

Playing Your Cards Right:

Textbook & Academic

Authoring in the Digital Age

You want to market your academic writing to get it

in front of the right people, but don’t know how or

what tools to use.

Session: Marketing? You're Kidding Me! I'm an Academic! Marketing that Matters

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You think educators and textbook authors should

participate in the future of digital textbooks, not

just technology, people or publishers.

Session: Innovations in Digital Book Technology: Brainstorming Textbook Applications

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Because you don’t want to look back and say, “If only

I knew then what I know now.” Session: What Every Textbook Writer Should Know: Lessons Sweet and Bitter from the

Experiences of Two Veteran Authors

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You struggle with creative blocks, self-doubt, anxieties,

procrastination, or perfectionism that endlessly delay

your writing and ultimately hinders you from

becoming published.Session: Writing Fearlessly: Coaching the Academic Author Within

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You need a jolt in your academic writing to improve

your efficiency and keep your writing habit from

growing stale.

Session: Jump-start Your Academic Writing: Simple Digital Tools to Grow and Maintain

Your Writing Habit

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You want to accomplish more while working

less—aka get published more often without going

completely insane! Session: Beyond Just Team Building: Sailing Through Effective Collaboration

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You’re curious about open educational resources

and how a textbook author can flourish in this

type of model.Session: How Textbook Authors Can Flourish in an Open Model

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You’re finally ready to jump into social media and

build your online presence to get noticed. Session: Playing Your Social Media Cards Right: Practical, Effective, and Manageable Tips to Get

Noticed Online

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Because productivity is key to success and you want to

learn how to increase yours, including how to

implement a writing support system. Sessions: Reaching Your Productivity Peak: Technology Maximizing Your Research and Publishing

| A Power-ful Model to Establish and Sustain Academic Writers' Productivity

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You think that reading and complying with publishers’

guidelines for a book proposal is all that it takes to

write a successful book proposal. Session: Writing a Non-Fiction Book Proposal: More Than Meets the Eye

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You’re ready to move your writing project to completion,

gain insight into the publishing industry, and gain valuable

knowledge from academic and textbook writing experts

that you can put to use immediately and lead you down the

path to publishing.

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BONUS!

3 MORE REASONS TO

ATTEND:

You wouldn’t miss Robert Christopherson’s GeoPrimer

for anything. It never disappoints! Session: GeoPrimer: Las Vegas, An Oasis Mirage in the 21st Century

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You already know the sessions will be amazing and

that you’ll walk away inspired, but you’re also excited

for food, gambling, shopping, and nightlife.

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#2015TAA is the only conference where you can mingle

with like minds that completely understand how

rewarding yet difficult and isolating writing can often

be.

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