Getting It Published, Third Edition: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books de William Germano

Getting It Published, Third Edition: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing

Autor William Germano

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 apr 2016

Acest manual face parte din prestigioasa serie Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing și reprezintă o resursă fundamentală pentru cercetătorii care doresc să navigheze prin complexitatea mediului editorial academic. Remarcăm faptul că William Germano nu oferă doar sfaturi de scriere, ci analizează procesul din perspectiva editorului, explicând ce face o propunere de carte să fie acceptată sau respinsă. Considerăm că această a treia ediție este esențială deoarece adresează schimbările majore aduse de „Via Electronica”, oferind îndrumări clare despre mediile open-access și provocările publicării digitale, teme care devin din ce în ce mai relevante pentru curriculumul academic modern.

Structura volumului urmărește o progresie logică, de la definirea rolului editorului și selecția unei edituri potrivite, până la detalii tehnice precum gestionarea drepturilor de autor pentru imagini și citate. Cititorii familiarizați cu An Author`s Guide to Scholarly Publishing de Robin Derricourt vor aprecia abordarea lui Germano, care este mai puțin formală și mai orientată spre pragmatismul industriei americane de carte. În contextul operei sale, volumul se situează între From Dissertation to Book, care se concentrează pe transformarea tezei, și On Revision, care analizează stilistica manuscrisului, oferind aici viziunea de ansamblu asupra întregului ecosistem de publicare.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780226281407
ISBN-10: 022628140X
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 5 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:Third Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing

De ce să citești această carte

Subliniem că acest volum este instrumentul ideal pentru cadrele didactice și doctoranzii care vizează edituri universitare de prestigiu. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a mecanismelor din spatele unui contract editorial și învață cum să își prezinte cercetarea pentru a atrage atenția redactorilor. Este o investiție în cariera academică, transformând un manuscris brut într-un proiect editorial viabil.

Despre autor

William Germano este decan al facultății de științe umaniste și sociale și profesor de literatură engleză la Cooper Union. Experiența sa este vastă, servind anterior ca redactor-șef la Columbia University Press și vicepreședinte la Routledge. Această dublă ipostază, de academician și profesionist al industriei de carte, îi permite să ofere o perspectivă unică asupra standardelor de publicare, fiind una dintre cele mai respectate voci în domeniul scrierii academice și editoriale.

Descriere scurtă

For more than a decade, writers have turned to William Germano for his insider’s take on navigating the world of scholarly publishing. A professor, author, and thirty-year veteran of the book industry, Germano knows what editors want and what writers need to know to get their work published.

Today there are more ways to publish than ever, and more challenges to traditional publishing. This ever-evolving landscape brings more confusion for authors trying to understand their options. The third edition of Getting It Published offers the clear, practicable guidance on choosing the best path to publication that has made it a trusted resource, now updated to include discussions of current best practices for submitting a proposal, of the advantages and drawbacks of digital publishing, and tips for authors publishing textbooks and in open-access environments.

Germano argues that it’s not enough for authors to write well—they also need to write with an audience in mind. He provides valuable guidance on developing a compelling book proposal, finding the right publisher, evaluating a contract, negotiating the production process, and, finally, emerging as a published author.
“This endlessly useful and expansive guide is every academic’s pocket Wikipedia: a timely, relevant, and ready resource on scholarly publishing, from the traditional monograph to the digital e-book. I regularly share it, teach it, and consult it myself, whenever I have a question on titling a chapter, securing a permission, or negotiating a contract. Professional advice simply does not get any savvier than this pitch-perfect manual on how to think like a publisher.”—Diana Fuss, Princeton University

Notă biografică

William Germano is dean of the faculty of humanities and social sciences and professor of English literature at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Previously, he served as editor in chief at Columbia University Press and vice president and publishing director at Routledge. He is the author of From Dissertation to Book, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Cuprins

Preface to the Third Edition
Acknowledgments

1 Introduction
2 What Do Publishers Do?
3 Writing the Manuscript
4 Selecting a Publisher
5 Your Proposal
6 What Editors Look For
7 Surviving the Review Process
8 What a Contract Means
9 Collections and Anthologies
10 Quotations, Pictures, and Other Headaches
11 How to Deliver a Manuscript
12 And Then What Happens to It
13 The Via Electronica
14 This Book—And the Next

Afterword: Promoting Your Work
For Further Reading
Index

Recenzii

"The heart of the book walks the reader through the publishing process from the point of view of what the publisher wants from the author. This is what separates this book from all of the other books advising scholars on publication: it has as much insight from the publisher as the author. . . . Unlike other books on academic writing that focus only on the process of writing, Germano is ever aware that the sustainability of scholarly presses does not end with the tenure review committee and that today’s scholar must also see their work in the larger context of their field and the intellectual world that now includes the internet, open access, and e-books."

“A clear and enthralling read, channeling Germano’s expertise on scholarly publishing into a timely, approachable and inspiring book that can be used as a quick reference or as part of a more comprehensive education. The book’s masterful synthesis of breadth and words makes it a tremendously valuable resource for new and experienced academic writers alike, as well as the librarians helping them.”

“There is, I assume, only one William Germano. A shame, because any aspiring author who reads this book will probably want him as their editor. However, illicit cloning aside, they will have to settle for his considered advice on the page, rather than in person. . . . Germano is committed to ideas but clear-headed about business, inspiring but not unrealistic, wise in the ways of publishing and witty about writers’ foibles. And—a good sign in an editor—he writes well himself.”

“This endlessly useful and expansive guide is every academic’s pocket Wikipedia: a timely, relevant, and ready resource on scholarly publishing, from the traditional monograph to the digital e-book. I regularly share it, teach it, and consult it myself, whenever I have a question on titling a chapter, securing a permission, or negotiating a contract. Professional advice simply does not get any savvier than this pitch-perfect manual on how to think like a publisher.”

“Wise counsel from a battle-tested strategist.”

“Germano deconstructs and demystifies what publishers and editors actually do and what authors should look for in finding the right house for their subject and in putting the right words in their contract.”

"Getting It Published, as the subtitle announces, is the guide to everything a scholar needs to know about where his or her research goes. William Germano, the author, is the guide of the book. A deft hand at elegant and lucid prose, William Germano has the industry experience, the university experience, and the teaching experience to know what writers of research will need when they go to submit their own manuscript, the manuscript that just might become the next book on a shelf or the next PDF on a desktop."