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Handbook for Academic Authors

Autor Beth Luey
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 noi 2009
Whether you are a graduate student seeking to publish your first article, a new Ph.D. revising your dissertation for publication, or an experienced author working on a new monograph, textbook, or digital publication, Handbook for Academic Authors provides reliable, concise advice about selecting the best publisher for your work, maintaining an optimal relationship with your publisher, submitting manuscripts to book and journal publishers, working with editors, navigating the production process, and helping to market your book. It also offers information about illustrations, indexes, permissions, and contracts and includes a chapter on revising dissertations and one on the financial aspects of publishing. The book covers not only scholarly monographs but also textbooks, anthologies, multiauthor books, and trade books. This fifth edition has been revised and updated to align with new technological and financial realities, taking into account the impact of digital technology and the changes it has made in authorship and publishing.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521194983
ISBN-10: 0521194989
Pagini: 298
Ilustrații: 3 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:5Revizuită
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

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

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

This fifth edition has been revised to reflect the impact of digital technology on authorship and publishing.

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