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| BIBLIO DETAILS | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | James Talaga. "Forecasting Methods and Practices of Academic Textbook Publishers," Book Research Quarterly, Volume 5 (Winter 1989-1990), Pages 58-67. Talaga, a marketing scholar, surveyed textbook companies and discovered their sales forecasting seldom had an epirical basis. Most chose "executive opinion" as the basis for forecasts. Only about half of the respondents said the sales force input was factored into forecasts. (jv) Stephen Taylor. Gatekeepers of Knowledge: Journal Editors in the Sciences and the Social Sciences. Bergin & Garvey, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. John Tebbel. A History of Book Publishing in the United States, Vols. 1-4. R. R. Bowker, 1972-1981. Brad Thompson, "If I Quiz Them, They Will Come," Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume 48 (June 21, 2002), Issue 41, Page B5. Thompson, who teaches at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, reports on his experience with daily quizzes to encourage students to read their assignments. There is a message here for textbook authors. (jv) A Tibbetts and C. Tibbetts. "Can Composition Textbooks Use Composition Research?" College English (1982), Pages 855-858. Based on extensive experience authoring composition textbooks, the authors contend that there little place for research in textbooks largely because teachers do not want it. (lkh) Margie Towery, editor. Indexing Specialties: History. Information Today, 1998. This compilation of articles focuses on the indexing of history textbooks, art history, medieval and Renaissance history, Latin American history, and gender and sexual orientation language issues. The presentation is geared for both new and experienced indexers in history and related disciplines. Lynn Truss. Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Zero Tolerance Approachto Punctuation. Gotham, 2004. Truss makes the point that punctuation is important with myriad examples of how minor punctuation shifts change meaning. Her book's title speaks for itself. Harriet Tyson-Bernstein. "The Academy's Contribution to the Impoverishment of America's Textbooks," Phi Delta Kappan (November 1988), Pages 193-198. An indictment of the academy's role in the deterioration of textbooks. Contends that negative incentive for textbook writing among professors has led to the erection of serious obstacles to textbook reform. (lkh) Harriet Tyson-Bernstein and Arthur Woodward, "Nineteenth Century Policies for Twenty-First Century Practice: The textbook reform dilemma," in Philip G. Altbach, G.P. Kell, H.G. Petrie and L.W. Weis, editors. Textbooks in American Society: Politics, Policy and Pedagogy. State University of New York Press, 1991.
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