As a TAA member, you become part of a diverse community of textbook and academic authors with similar interests and goals. Each new member enriches the community experience by expanding its breadth of knowledge and creating more opportunities for networking and collaboration.
Network with your fellow authors in the online member community by joining the Textbook Writing & Publishing discussion group or the Academic Writing Discussion Group. You can also join the Writing Accountability discussion group to share your writing goals and progress with other members.
Browse a list of academic coaches, editors, consultants, intellectual property attorneys, indexers, accountants and tax advisors, and more, offering discounted rates exclusively to TAA members.
Are you an industry professional (e.g., editor, publisher, consultant, indexer, textbook illustrator, writing coach, etc.) seeking to reach our audience of textbook and academic authors? If so, learn more about how TAA membership can benefit you, or join here.
Member Categories | Dues
Membership dues are paid on an annual basis. Your renewal date is one year from your join date.
Graduate Student | $25 Emeritus Member | $35 (Authors who are retired from teaching and are no longer writing or revising.) Untenured Faculty or Textbook Author with Royalties Under $5,000/yr | $50 Tenured Faculty or Textbook Author with Royalties Above $5,000/yr | $100 Contributing Member | $200 ($100 will be credited to your membership renewal and the remainder goes to a general fund to support TAA activities.) Industry Professional | $90 (e.g., editor, publisher, consultant, indexer, textbook illustrator, writing coach, etc.)Join here
TAA's chapter program provides colleges and universities an efficient and cost effective way to extend their faculty development programs by offering TAA's extensive membership benefits to their faculty. Chapters benefit from a reduced annual dues rate, annual chapter grants of up to $500, two complimentary annual conference registrations, a starter mini resource library that grows each year, and all the benefits of a TAA membership. For more information about starting a TAA Chapter, visit the Chapter page or contact Maureen Foerster, Director of Institutional Memberships & Meetings at [email protected]