The Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA) sponsors textbook authoring workshops to assist authors in writing, publishing and marketing their textbooks. Sponsored by TAA, a nonprofit 501c(3) membership association, these workshops help fulfill TAA's mission of assisting authors at all stages of their career development. TAA’s sponsorship covers the domestic travel and lodging costs of bringing a presenter to your institution, including air, ground transportation, lodging and food. The host institution pays the speaker’s fee. The speaker’s fee will depend on the length of the workshop, the content and the number of participants of each workshop. To schedule a workshop, please contact the speaker directly: Michael D. Spiegler: (401) 865-2618 or spiegler@providence.edu For more information about TAA workshops, contact us at (727) 563-0020 or TextandAcademicAuthors@taaonline.net Workshop Info: |
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Textbook Writing 101
 Michael D. Spiegler is a Professor of Psychology at Providence College. He has been a successful textbook and academic author for 40 years with several leading psychology textbooks, including Contemporary Behavior Therapy (5th ed.) and Personality: Strategies and Issues (8th ed.). He has presented numerous workshops on textbook writing at universities, professional conventions, and at the annual TAA conference. He also teaches 2 and 3 day intensive courses on textbook writing. Michael regularly reviews manuscripts for textbook publishers and serves as a consultant/mentor to college textbook authors in diverse disciplines. He is currently writing a comprehensive Handbook for College Textbook Writing. |
What do textbook writing, college teaching, and sex have in common? One answer: Professors engage in all three, but often with little or no training. To alleviate this deficit for one of those endeavors, the nuts-and-bolts of textbook writing are presented. Topics may include:
- Reasons for writing a textbook
- Professional and personal prerequisites
- Writing a textbook proposal and contacting publishers
- Negotiating a favorable contract
- Writing and revising a textbook
- Working with coauthors
- Textbook writing as teaching: translating classroom teaching into textbook pedagogy
- How to deal with publishers
- Alternatives to traditional publishing
- Survival skills for textbook authors
Full and half day workshops can be customized to meet the participants’ needs. They are designed both for professors who want to learn about writing a first textbook and for textbook authors who want to learn how to write their next textbook or revision more efficiently and effectively.
To schedule this workshop, contact Michael Spiegler, (401) 865-2618 or spiegler@providence.edu
What previous participants have said about Spiegler's workshop:
"My first experience, but this was an exceptional workshop. It surpassed my expectations. Dr. Spiegler was absolutely outstanding. Thanks."
"The workshop was very enlightening. A tremendous value."
"Excellent, well-prepared, experienced presenter."
"What I liked best was the extent and quality of the material, reality-based and very useful."
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