Getting it Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing) - Softcover

Germano, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226288447 ISBN 13: 9780226288444

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

An insider's guide to academic publishing that tells you how publishing works and how you can make it work for you. Why do some editors choose some books and decline others? How does a writer decide where to submit a project? How does the review process work and is it necessary? William Germano, a veteran editor of academic and commercial publications, answers these questions and more, offering encouragement, tips and warnings along the way. This guide walks you through the publishing process from start to finish. Learn how to think about your book before you submit it and find out what you need to know about your contract. It also provides advice on working with other publishing professionals on matters of design, marketing and publicity.

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Willaim Germano is the vice president and publishing director at Routledge. His is a past editorial director at Columbia University Press, where he also served as humanities editor.

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Writers and publishers depend on one another, but it often seems as if they speak two different languages. Getting It Published is a lively, insider's guide to academic publishing a book that will tell you not only how publishing works, but how you can make it work for you. Written by a veteran editor with experience in both the university press and commercial worlds, the book fields the big questions in a scholar's life. Why do editors choose some books and decline others? How does a writer decide where to submit a project? How does the review process work, and why is it necessary? What can an author expect from a publishing house before, during, and after publication? William Germano answers these questions and more, and along the way, offers encouragement, tips, and warnings.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0226288447
• ISBN 13: 9780226288444
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212
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