What It’s Like to Receive Peer Reviews of Your Book Manuscript: An Author Shares His Experience
What should you do now to prepare for the emotional rollercoaster of receiving peer reviews?
Responding to Peer Reviews of Your Book Manuscript or Proposal
When I was writing my own first monograph, most of the steps were fairly evident. I knew I’d need to find a publisher, submit proposals, and prepare the manuscript. One step, though, caught me totally off guard: I somehow didn’t know that I’d need to write a formal author response letter upon receiving my book’s …
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What Can You Negotiate in Your Academic Book Contract?
When you’re writing your first academic book, your main focus is ensuring its content is compelling. So, negotiating an academic book contract is probably only barely on your radar. Especially if you’re on the tenure track, receiving a book contract is already a major victory, and you might hesitate to negotiate for fear of alienating …
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All About Academic Book Indexing for Authors of First Monographs
You’ve probably used book indexes before, but never thought about how they’re created. Guess what? Preparing an academic book’s index is the author’s responsibility. Whether you choose to do it yourself (I did), or hire someone to do it for you (at your expense), this post outlines the basics on academic book indexes and assembles …
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Want to Include Images or Copyrighted Material in Your Book? What You Need to Know.
Most authors of first books rightly spend their time focusing on preparing and perfecting their prose, assuming that obtaining image permissions will be relatively straightforward. It’s something you don’t need to deal with until the manuscript is finalized, right? Not so fast. Not only could including images in your book cost you more money than …
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Expenses You Might Be Responsible for When Publishing an Academic Book
You probably don’t expect to make much from royalties on the publication of your first academic book. But did you know that several hidden costs associated with your book are your responsibility (and not your press’s)? And, depending on your project’s parameters, these expenses can total in the thousands of dollars!
Will a University Press Give you an Advance Contract for Your First Academic Book?
Some of your colleagues might have told you that US-based university presses definitely “don’t offer advance contracts.” But you may have also met (or heard of) someone who received one. How can you know which presses offer advance contracts? In this post, I first outline the critical differences between “advance academic book contracts”–typically offered based …
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You’ve Submitted Your Book Manuscript. Now Let’s Market it.
You might assume that when you are publishing your academic book, it is the publisher’s responsibility to market and publicize it. You might also assume that publicizing your academic book only happens after your book is published. But this is a very limited view of how academic books are publicized. In reality, intentionally generating interest for …
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