Useful Links
Texas State Technical College Sites
Texas State Technical College System
Texas State Technical College System or TSTC is a system of two-year technical schools in Texas. The system includes Colleges in Harlingen, Marshall, Waco, and West Texas which has campuses in Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood, and Sweetwater; and the TSTC Corporate College which links TSTC’s storehouse of experts, instructors, and facilities to the diverse needs of industry.
Current Topics with Mike (TSTC West Texas)
Mike Reeser is President of TSTC West Texas and his blog addresses different issues facing TSTC in particular and higher education in general.
Publishing Associations
Association of American University Presses
AAUP serves its member presses through cooperative programs, professional development opportunities, industry research and analysis, and representing the interests of members to the public, other organizations, and government agencies.
Publishing Magazines & Journals
The Book Standard is the one-stop online information center that provides Nielsen BookScan-powered charts, book-market analysis, news, reviews, commentary, job boards, plus extensive database resources: nothing less than the measure of all things book.
Blogs About Publishing
Morris Rosenthal, of Foner Books, focuses his blog on the ways in which print-on-demand and e-book publishing have created a whole new model for self publishing. Given that, he is constantly pondering the big question as to whether this new model of POD and digital books are an end unto themselves or, as he asks, just a transitional phase between traditional self publishing models and free Internet distribution.
Anna Louise Genoese is self-admittedly cantankerous, easily annoyed, vegetarian, and an editor at Tor Books, a publisher of, among other genres, sci-fi and fantasy books. Her blog has much to do with day-to-life as a book editor in addition to many astute observations about the publishing industry that has attracted quite a following among her online readers. She also has a companion Web site, Anna’s Red Pen, where she has organized and archived much of what she has written about publishing.
Lori Cates Hand of JIST Publishing created this blog to be an online “informational interview” for college students, new graduates, and career changers interested in knowing what a job in publishing is like and how they can get one.
Kristin Nelson describes herself as a very nice literary agent who indulges in polite rants about queries, writers, and the publishing industry on her blog. She is also the driving force behind the Nelson Literary Agency where she represents a number of authors who write in a variety of different areas.
Joe Wikert’s Publishing 2020 Blog
Joe Wikert is Vice President and Executive Publisher in the Professional/Trade division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and his blog allows readers to receive thoughtful thumbnail analyses of the latest and greatest publishing- and book-related technology.
Michael Hyatt is President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the sixth largest trade book publishing company in the world. His blog does an excellent job of discussing management issues that are applicable to all kinds of businesses, not just publishers.
Publishing Service Providers
Education Sites
Higher Education Organizations
Texas Community College Teachers Association
Texas Distance Learning Association
National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development
Texas Association of College Technical Educators
Reference Sites
Books of Note
Hard Charger!: The Story of the USS Biddle (DLG-34)
Surfing the Edge of Chaos: The Laws of Nature and the New Laws of Business
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education
