Textbook & Academic Authors Association

09/03/2026

Stay updated on the latest news shaping the textbook and academic authoring industry. Recent headlines include ...

📰 Commerce Scrubs Ban on Political Interference From Integrity Policy
🗞️ August Cuts to Start the Academic Year
📰 Asked to Sign Trump’s Compact, Universities Coordinated Behind the Scenes
🗞️ MIT AI Report Calls for Alternative Grading, More Social Learning
📰 How Florida Quietly Removed Climate Change Content from Textbooks

Stay updated on the latest news, advancements, and changes that are shaping the textbook and academic authoring industry with our bi-weekly Industry News Round-Up. Have an item to share? Email [email protected]. Commerce Scrubs Ban on Political Interference From Integrity Policy (September...

09/02/2026

Picture using comics in scholarly blogs, articles, or books! Whether or not you are an artist or photographer, you can create and use comics to convey complex ideas, show place or context, and liven up your writing. Not to mention that you'll be giving both brain hemispheres a healthy workout! In this first post in a series, Janet Salmons invites you to ...

💥 Picture using comics
👩‍💻 Picture going analog to digital
🗺️ Picture creating visual maps
📈 Picture creating clear diagrams
📷️ Picture using your own photographs
🎞️ Picture using found images and media.

Picture the possibilities! 👀🕳️🧙‍♂️💣️👽️👸✍️🦸‍♀️

By Janet Salmons, PhD Drawings, graphics, photos, and media catch readers attention. Sometimes the images are specific to the study, such as data visualizations or tables, maps or pictures of the research setting. Sometimes they help us gain a sense of the place, culture and historical period of the...

09/01/2026

Learn why 10 TAA award-winning authors decided to write their textbooks. For some it was by invitation; for others, a strong will; and, for still others, the desire to fill a gap in their field. Which of their stories speaks to you?

We asked the 2026 TAA Textbook Award winners why they decided to write their textbook. Whether by invitation, a strong will to start a new textbook, or happenstance, their stories will speak to you no matter where you are in your textbook writing journey.

08/28/2026

September is right around the corner! Accomplish your academic writing goals next month by focusing on two areas of academic writing that many authors tend to struggle with the most: isolation and accountability.

For just $29, you'll receive ...

✅ Daily email messages containing encouragement and resources to advance your writing efforts all month long.
✅ The opportunity to participate in multiple 30-minute Virtual Writing Accountability Sessions each week. You’ll connect by video, share what you plan to work on during the session, write as a group for 30 minutes, and then share your next steps.
✅ A time tracking template to allow you to log your writing progress over time.

Commit to your success, and get your writing projects done!
Sessions start on the first of every month.

https://www.taaonline.net/month-of-motivation

08/26/2026

Join Veselina Lambrev and Micki Caskey for an engaging webinar on Friday, Sep. 11, at 12-1 p.m. ET about "Learning to Write as Scholarly Practitioners." In this session, participants will explore strategies for helping EdD students develop a confident scholarly voice while drawing on the rich professional knowledge and experience they bring to their studies. Veselina and Micki will discuss how scholarly writing can bridge theory and practice, enabling students to produce dissertations and capstone projects that address authentic problems in educational settings. Join us!

You’ve got the ideas. You’ve found the right collaborators. You have the best tools at hand. So why aren’t you writing? Or at least – writing as much as you think you should? Writing involves two elements: technique and practice. To write, you need to understand how to structure a paper and ...

08/25/2026

Did you know that TAA offers daily writing accountability sessions for free to all members? These 30-minute sessions provide focused time to work on projects, connect with others, and build a supportive writing community.

Sessions are held Monday and Wednesday from 3:30-4 p.m. ET and Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11-11:30 a.m. ET.

https://www.taaonline.net/writing-accountability-sessions

08/24/2026

Stay up to date on the latest news shaping the textbook and academic authoring industry. Recent headlines include ...

📰 42% of Colleges Haven’t Fully Submitted Required Student Outcomes Data
🗞️ Florida Responds to McMahon ‘Call to Action’
📰 AI Helped Researchers Win NIH Grants. Will Science Suffer?
🗞️ Universities Were Forced to Pay Up Despite Little Evidence of Antisemitism, Trump Whistleblowers Say
📰 The Academic-Integrity Council Can’t Keep Up With AI
🗞️ As Disability Accommodations Soar, This College Offers a Playbook

Stay updated on the latest news, advancements, and changes that are shaping the textbook and academic authoring industry with our bi-weekly Industry News Round-Up. Have an item to share? Email [email protected]. 42% of Colleges Haven’t Fully Submitted Required Student Outcomes Data (8/19...

08/21/2026

We're thrilled to be back in person for our 2027 Textbook & Academic Authoring Conference in Austin, Texas, June 11–12, and we're looking for speakers who can engage and inform attendees! Presenting is an excellent opportunity to share your knowledge, experiences, and ideas with other textbook authors, academic authors, and industry professionals.

We are seeking 30- or 60-minute presentations, panel discussions, and conversation circles designed for a live environment, specifically related to ...

🤖 Artificial intelligence
⏳️ Time management and productivity
📖 Textbook development
🤝 Contract negotiation ... and many others!

The stage is yours! Submit your proposal by Friday, October 9.

https://www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/e6087866-b92c-4a79-96d2-067be8515be2?mc_cid=d67fa0b61e&mc_eid=aa6853a6ac

08/19/2026

Flex your writing muscles in the TAA Writing Gym! This 6-week, work-out-on-your-own-time program serves as your writing accountability partner as you work to achieve your writing goals.

Choose from two options:
💪 The TAA Writing Gym, with time-tracking templates, inspirational emails, on-demand writing classes, and writing stations that allow faculty to target specific areas, and a
discussion group.
🏋️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♀️ TAA Writing Gym: Heavy Lifters, which offers everything from the TAA Writing Gym plus 10 additional writing classes and access to TAA's Guide to Making Time to Write eBook.

🎟️ Both programs are also now available as an All-Access Pass, opening up all of the writing classes, daily challenges, writing stations, and writing resources for as long as you remain a TAA Member!

The next Writing Gyms start September 21, 2026.

https://www.taaonline.net/taa-writing-gym-program

08/18/2026

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your writing in the long term is to stop doing it in the short term. Dr. Noelle Sterne addresses when and how to take a break from arduous projects like your dissertation.

By Dr. Noelle Sterne Q: I’m burned out but don’t feel I can take a break. Help! — Written Out A: Like this writer, have you lost your dissertation fervor? Even mild enthusiasm? Do you long to regain that old rush of excitement (or at least a little)? Maybe, like companies that close temporaril...