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What do publishers want?
Like everyone else (and especially like their authors), publishers want to be successful. Just how they get there is another matter, one that baffles some authors and leaves others enraged. Perhaps the...
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Why do publishers hate edited volumes?
Not all publishers hate edited volumes; I don’t. But there are compelling reasons why publishers are reluctant to consider accepting an edited volume when offered it. Number 1 reason: the conference...
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Review of ‘Getting Published’ just received
Today, I was gratified and embarrassed to read a lengthy review of our book recently published in the Journal of Scholarly Publishing. There was much to be pleased about in this review by Steven E....
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Meet the Style Nazi
So, you have delivered your manuscript. If you have had inklings from my previous post that editing involves more than a quick polish, you would be right. Indeed, your manuscript might not even be...
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Your role in the editorial process
Finally, the copy-edited manuscript is returned to you. If it’s on paper, you may notice the red ink oozing out between the pages. Some authors are pathetically grateful for the editorial work done on...
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Advances
The arrival of advance copies of a book is a special moment. Emotionally, the book is out; it is real. This is the moment to feel it was all worthwhile (and to brag just a little). There is more to...
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Coping with rejection
It’s been months since you submitted your book proposal and the mail you received today is almost a relief after all the silence. No. The press to which you offered your book (and in which you invested...
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Contributing to an edited volume
What to do with that conference paper you presented recently? Chances are you are thinking to rework the text into a journal article. Sometimes, however, something else is on offer – you are invited to...
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Rethinking ‘thesis’ as ‘book’
I have long argued that ‘a thesis is not a book’ and in my next post I shall outline my reasons why. Because of this, I have warned PhD students against the practice of ‘publication’ of their thesis by...
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Edited volumes are tricky to put together. Too often they arise from a conference panel that thematically may be coherent but the contributing papers are all over the place. In addition, the tendency...
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