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Handbook for Academic Authors: How to Navigate the Publishing Process

Autor Beth Luey
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 mar 2022
"When our work is accepted, we share our happiness with colleagues. When it is rejected, we keep our disappointment to ourselves. That very natural response unfortunately makes an author receiving that first rejection believe (despite the statistics on acceptance rates) that this has never happened to anyone else. At some point, something you write will be rejected by a journal or book publisher. To lessen the trauma, I'm going to tell you the story of this book - now in its sixth edition, with thousands of copies sold around the world. The story begins with a rejection letter. In 1985 I completed a manuscript that I titled "A Handbook for Academic Authors" and asked a colleague to read it for me. I knew he was an excellent critical reader, though totally tactless. I revised to respond to his many comments and sent the manuscript to University Press A, which I thought was an obvious fit. They rejected it almost immediately, with what I suspect was a form letter. I was irritated, but because it clearly hadn't gone to outside readers I felt the rejection had nothing to do with the quality of my work. The next day I sent query letters and sample chapters to twelve publishers: six university presses, and six commercial publishers of quality nonfiction. Soon two more rejection letters arrived on a single day: a university press editor informed me that it was an excellent idea but more suitable for a trade publisher; a trade editor said it was an excellent idea but belonged at a university press. Two more form rejections followed"--
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781316513262
ISBN-10: 1316513262
Pagini: 300
Dimensiuni: 158 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Ediția:6Revizuită
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. Being an Author; 2. Journal articles; 3. Revising a dissertation; 4. Finding a publisher for a scholarly book; 5. Working with your publisher; 6. Multiauthor books and anthologies; 7. Finding a publisher for a college textbook; 8. Working with your textbook publisher; 9. Books for general readers; 10. The mechanics of authorship; 11. Costs and prices; 12. Being a digital Author; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

'To new and experienced authors, publishing can seem mysterious. In this classic handbook, Beth Luey is your tour guide to the sometimes-arcane world of how ideas become books. It is essential for all serious authors and those who hope to become one.' Greg Britton, Editorial Director, Johns Hopkins University
'Any book that achieves a sixth edition merits mention, but the publication of the sixth edition of Beth Luey's Handbook for Academic Authors calls for celebration. As fresh in perspective as it is sound and sensible in prescription, Luey's book will serve as an invaluable guide for the upcoming generation of scholars and beyond.' Peter J. Dougherty, Editor at Large, Princeton University Press
'This new edition of Handbook is for Academic Authors is simultaneously encouraging and practical. Luey is upbeat while honest about the conditions academic writers face in an imperfect publishing world. She provides experience-informed advice and a set of constructive tools that make it possible, even pleasurable, for a broad academic audience to successfully advance a manuscript from inspiration to publication.' Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts Amherst
'The Handbook for Academic Authors is a comprehensive resource that expertly guides writers through all aspects of the publishing process. Substantial updates in this new edition lay out current publishing practices and processes for journal articles, monographs, textbooks, and more. Candid, informative, and encouraging, Beth Luey offers insights that authors at any stage of their writing career will appreciate.' Dawn Durante, Editor-in-Chief of the University of Texas Press
'Beth Luey's Handbook for Academic Authors is the most comprehensive resource on scholarly publishing available. Academics of all levels—and those who mentor them—will want to keep a copy close at hand. I'll be widely recommending this edition to prospective authors, particularly its practical discussions of publisher types, contracts, subventions, textbooks and edited volumes, manuscript preparation, and digital publication. Nowhere else is this information presented so cohesively and concisely.' Laura Portwood-Stacer, Publishing Consultant and Editor for Academic Authors, Manuscript Works

Notă biografică

After retiring from the history department at Arizona State University, Beth Luey moved to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and began writing about historic houses. This is her fourth book in this genre, and the first to focus on women.

Descriere

Encouraging, no-nonsense advice for academic authors who want their research to reach the widest possible audience.