Authoring Books and Materials for Students, Academics, and Professionals

FRANKLIN H. SILVERMAN is Professor of Speech Pathology at Marquette University and Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has authored more than a dozen text/professional books and more than 125 articles in professional journals. He is currently President of the Text and Academic Authors Association.

Preface Qualifications Necessary for Authoring a Textbook or Other Academic or Professional Book or Material Potential Benefits and Losses: Financial and Others Choosing a Publisher Proposals Negotiating a Publishing Contract and a Joint Collaboration Agreement Doing the Project How Textbooks and Other Educational and Professional Books and Materials Are Marketed Tax and Other Business Implications of Authorship Appendix A: A Representative Book Proposal Appendix B: A Representative Joint Collaboration Agreement Appendix C: Permission Forms Appendix D: Textbook Features that College Students Do and Don't Find Helpful Appendix E: Standard Proof Correction Notation Appendix F: Common Characteristics of Best-Selling Textbooks References and Resources Index