Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty")

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Textbook and Academic Authors Association Texty
Type Nonprofit Association
IndustryAcademic Publishing Authors Association
Founded1987
Headquarters Fountain City, WI, United States
Area served
United States
Key people
Mike Keedy, Founder; Michael Spinella, Executive Director
Website TAA Online

A Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty") from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association recognizes current textbooks and learning materials based on criteria established by the group. Judges are veteran authors in appropriate subject areas. Nominations from eight subject areas are reviewed each year from titles with a current or prior year date of publication. A maximum of one award per category [1] is granted annually. The first year this award was granted was 1992. [2]

Subject areas awarded are:

Texty Awards are presented at the TAA Awards Ceremony, held during the association’s annual conference in June. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Linguatext, Ltd. Award-Winning Texts. Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine (Sample award announcement)
  2. "Textbook Excellence Awards ("Textys").] TAA Awards". Text and Academic Authors Association.
  3. Eric Schulz's Math Textbook Wins 2011 Textbook Excellence Award. Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Walla Walla Community College. 2011. (Sample, award and ceremony announcement)
  4. "Università: un libro del professor Guiggiani tra i vincitori del 'Textbook Excellence Award'". PisaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.