The Textbook Author 📖

Practical tips for textbook authors curated by Kevin Patton, award-winning textbook author, blogger, podcaster, and instructional-design innovator.

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We have got to figure out how to provide content that’s helpful to students and fair to everyone.
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An interesting post about the origin of the paragraph mark.

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I’m too worn out to think about this. https://t.co/oeMSTsGa2L

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One of my concerns with OER material is having a consistent vision (content, style, pedagogy, etc.) that is updated regularly.
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@AaronLBerkowitz @NMatch2022 Congratulations!

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What limitations do textbook readers have in comprehending content? How can we help them?

Here, Kevin Patton shares options for creating multiple means of representation. https://t.co/7XLMtpDGEz

[The A&P Professor @theAPprofessor]

Quoted in The Chronicle's newsletter 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, #theAPprofessor host Kevin Patton talked up the virtual Town Halls from HAPS @HumanAandPSoc, discussing how they help community college & undergrad professors stay connected to their discipline.
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You may know her as a textbook author in #anatomy & #physiology, but @JNath100 has a new general-audience book about science misinformation. Join us for a chat about the book (and a little bit about how TAA helped her get on the road to publication).
https://t.co/nuAmfWwqWj

[Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Unraveling Faculty Burnout @RPR_Agile]

Y’ALL the burnout book is available for pre-order from the publisher and on Amazon! It’ll be out in September. Get yours first lol https://t.co/QseNaqIMG6

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Visuals Increase Attention; Now Science Explains Why - Neuroscience News https://t.co/13WJuWIXp2

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For authors: With @Authory you can back up all your articles, turn readers into email subscribers and find out how your posts & publications perform on social media. Plus you'll get a portfolio that's never outdated! https://t.co/P5unIIbfEw

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"I’ve also discovered that mere awareness will not accomplish what I must in my writing. I must also do the work."
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The closer an academic deadline gets, it seems that it's ten times more likely that some large obstacle to meeting that deadline will appear. Why is that?

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Podcasting is an easily produced, but powerful, medium to connect with potential or current textbook users, scholars in your discipline niche, readers of your work, and potential consulting clients. https://t.co/wmZKURAQAJ #podcast #AcWri #AcademicTwitter @TextbookAuthor

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How are we using jargon our textbooks?
How much is too much?
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Considering cultural humility & related approaches in Stacie DeFreitas's awesome session How to Include Diversity & Culture in Your Textbook & Other Academic Writing @TAAconf2021

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Learning a lot about publisher financials in the Publisher Roundup session at #TAAconf2021

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After just one day at #TAAconf2021 I'm already ahead of the game!

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Wow. An awesome first day! #TAAconf2021 😃😃😃 now, off to do some networking…