Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Chapter 1 The Publishing Partnership
- Chapter 2 Journal Articles
- Chapter 3 Revising a Dissertation
- Chapter 4 Finding a Publisher for the Scholarly Book
- Chapter 5 Working with Your Publisher
- Chapter 6 Multiauthor Books and Anthologies
- Chapter 7 Finding a Publisher for the College Textbook
- Chapter 8 Working with Your Textbook Publisher
- Chapter 9 Books for General Readers
- Chapter 10 The Mechanics of Authorship
- Chapter 11 Costs and Prices
- Chapter 12 Born Digital
- Bibliography
- Index
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Chapter 1 The Publishing Partnership
- Chapter 2 Journal Articles
- Chapter 3 Revising a Dissertation
- Chapter 4 Finding a Publisher for the Scholarly Book
- Chapter 5 Working with Your Publisher
- Chapter 6 Multiauthor Books and Anthologies
- Chapter 7 Finding a Publisher for the College Textbook
- Chapter 8 Working with Your Textbook Publisher
- Chapter 9 Books for General Readers
- Chapter 10 The Mechanics of Authorship
- Chapter 11 Costs and Prices
- Chapter 12 Born Digital
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Earlier editions of this book benefited from conversations with editors and publishers. This edition has benefited from conversations with authors and aspiring authors as well. For the past five years, I have visited college and university campuses, conducting publishing workshops for faculty members and doctoral students. Looking at twenty-first-century publishing from their point of view has led me to rewrite completely the chapter on revising dissertations and to alter many other sections of the book.
The normalization of digital technology in research, writing, and publishing has allowed me to simplify the instructions for manuscript preparation and to explore more systematically new ways of exploiting that technology. Changes in the economics of publishing and bookselling have led me to update the chapter on costs and prices.
Working closely with young scholars has benefited me personally as well, by breaking down the cynicism about academe that tends to build up over thirty years of life in academic bureaucracy. I hope that this edition reflects the enthusiasm and optimism that I have seen among young colleagues and that I myself have regained.
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- Handbook for Academic Authors , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009