Opportunity to Author in a Comprehensive MCAT Review Book!

[Asherawh]

Hi Everyone!
I am opening applications for people who would like to contribute as an author for the high-yield MCAT book. In short, the book is a comprehensive compilation of high-yield facts and mnemonics that pinpoint exactly what you need to know to pass the test, authored by students who excelled on their MCATs, reviewed by top faculty across the country, and updated annually with crowd-sourced student contributions with study and exam prep tips supported by learning science. If you've heard about "First Aid for the USMLE," that's similar to what we're doing, except for the MCATs.

In terms of the work difficulty, all you would need to do is copy/paste into the 3-column book style. All material that will be going into the book has already been found, written, or compiled so you just need to edit the information into the book format. We'll be using OneDrive and Microsoft Word Online to share manuscripts. And since it's all organization work, MCAT is not necessary but preferred.

In terms of time commitment, it depends on what section you would like to do and how much time you need to spend to finish a section. For example, if you decide to do the entire B/B section, then it will take a lot of time, but if you choose to just do the amino acid subsection, it'll take less than an hour to format everything. Similar to when working in a lab, there is no weekly time commitment - there's only a specific date you have to finish your section and you spend whatever time you need to get it done by that date.

The book is intended for commercialization but the first edition will be free and available on Amazon for download with the expected publication to be in November 2018. We are working with a nonprofit publishing house for editing as well as a legal clinic for copyright, trademark, and other legal needs. As you can imagine, this really is an ambitious project, but we have students and faculty from universities around North America working on the book. Becoming an author to a resource that will potentially be used by thousands of premeds for their MCATs will be extremely impressive on your applications, but be sure you really would like to take time and do quality work on this book.

More details can be found on the website at www.bit.ly/mcatbook. Interested candidates should fill out the form as soon as possible: MCAT Review Book Author Application

Edit: Update: Everything is written but only 10% is edited. 1st edition: ebook free, $9.99 for a physical copy. No legal risk involved, you can keep your intellectual property-you just need to make an agreement with the publishing house; It's a nonprofit so there is no ownership period

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[deleted480308]

You want people who haven’t taken an mcat to select high yield mcat material?

 

[Asherawh]

Nope, they definitely won't be doing that. They'll be reading over it and checking for grammar errors.

 

[deleted480308]

Nope, they definitely won't be doing that. They'll be reading over it and checking for grammar errors.

So they won’t actually be authors then

 

[Asherawh]

So they won’t actually be authors then

Correct, they'll be associate authors. There are multiple tiers of authorship.

 

[ClimbsRox]

So let me get this straight, you want to get pre-meds to do basic editing work with no compensation, so that they can put their names as authors despite not actually authoring anything? Sounds legit.

 

[Asherawh]

So let me get this straight, you want to get pre-meds to do basic editing work with no compensation, so that they can put their names as authors despite not actually authoring anything? Sounds legit.

Thank you! It really is an excellent opportunity to really do something unique!

I explained everything in more detail on the website but basically work on the 1st Edition will be unpaid and part-time and full-time paid internships (or course credits) will be available for future editions. It's not that we refuse to give money, it's just as the first edition, we don't have any money to give right now. We are a nonprofit organization so that means we cannot raise funding. At the same time, we don't have our 501c3 designation letter yet, so we cannot apply for the majority of grants.

Edit: Just got our 501c3 Designation Letter!!!

Everything is written but only 10% is edited. 1st edition: ebook free, $9.99 for a physical copy. No legal risk involved, you can keep your intellectual property-you just need to make an agreement with the publishing house, its a nonprofit so there is no ownership period

Specific Benefits

1. Opportunity to network and work with undergrad, grad, med students, and doctors from Australia, USA, Canada, and England on the book
   
   
2. Learn about the trademarking and copyright processes from nonprofit lawyers
   
   
3. Learn about the publishing, printing, and binding process from editors of a nonprofit publishing house
   
   
4. Unique opportunity - different from the standard research or volunteering that everyone already has
   
   
5. Chance to meet rising stars (doctors) in the medical education field and start working with them early
   
   
6. Full name listed on front cover, inner cover, or the contributing/ associate/ acknowledgement section (based on amount of work performed)
   
   
7. Picture (headshot) of you and description of who you are on last page of book (About the Author - based on amount of work performed)
   
   
8. Your name will be included in future citations of the book (based on amount of work performed)
   
   
9. Use in med school, residency, fellowship, academia, any future activities, etc.
   
   
10. Your name on flyers or marketing materials
    
    
11. Letter of recommendation from an MD, MBS, MPH, or MBBS. You pick. DO or PhD available but require additional work. Quality of letter ranges from generic to very strong based on the quality/amount of your work.
    
    
12. Chance to network with faculty from America and Australia
    
    
13. Increased opportunity to get future paid part-time and full-time internship or course credits as well
    
    
14. Make personal connections and receive invaluable mentoring that can’t be gained when sitting in a college classroom
    
    
15. And of course, a free copy of the book once it's published

 

[Asherawh]

The format is similar to the First Aid for USMLE, so if you're familiar with that then this project may make more sense.
Maybe I should also clarify on the word author. You're not an author in a tradional sense of the author of a book where you write brand new information. In a sense, you're more like an editor - editing information about the MCAT. It's just called "author."

 

[751866]

The format is similar to the First Aid for USMLE, so if you're familiar with that then this project may make more sense.
Maybe I should also clarify on the word author. You're not an author in a tradional sense of the author of a book where you write brand new information. In a sense, you're more like an editor - editing information about the MCAT. It's just called "author."

So your idea is to put fancy labels to make something appear to be what it really isn't. The objective is to get eager premed to do the work you need with the promise of illegitimate authorship on a supposed review book.

A turd wrapped in gold is still a turd. Editing does not make you any kind of author; this is a dishonest approach. Any modifiers such as "nontraditional author" is an attempt to mask the truth-- they would not be authors.