Beth Luey

Handbook for Academic Authors (eBook, ePUB)

How to Navigate the Publishing Process

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Whether you are a faculty member, a librarian, an independent scholar, the junior member of a research team, or a writer outside academia, Handbook for Academic Authors will help you select the right publisher, submit a winning proposal, negotiate a favorable contract, and work with your editor to ensure your research reaches the largest possible audience. The book provides advice on writing for different audiences and managing the mechanics of authorship, including manuscript preparation, acquiring illustrations, proofreading, and indexing. To address the major changes in scholarly publishing over the last decade, the sixth edition has been revised and updated to include discussions about open access and digital publishing, the use of social media as a marketing tool, changes within academia, and concerns of new entrants into academia. Written in a personalized, accessible style, Handbook for Academic Authors offers sound advice and encouragement to a wide range of aspiring academic authors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009081849
• Artikelnr.: 66176832

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.