Description: Whether you are a faculty member, a librarian, an independent scholar, the junior member of a research team, or a writer outside academia, Handbook for Academic Authors will help you select the right publisher, submit a winning proposal, negotiate a favorable contract, and work with your editor to ensure your research reaches the largest possible audience. The book provides advice on writing for different audiences and managing the mechanics of authorship, including manuscript preparation, acquiring illustrations, proofreading, and indexing. To address the major changes in scholarly publishing over the last decade, the sixth edition has been revised and updated to include discussions about open access and digital publishing, the use of social media as a marketing tool, changes within academia, and concerns of new entrants into academia. Written in a personalized, accessible style, Handbook for Academic Authors offers sound advice and encouragement to a wide range of aspiring academic authors.
Brief description: Beth Luey is the founding director emerita of the Scholarly Publishing Program at Arizona State University. She has more than thirty years' experience working in scholarly editing and publishing, having edited books for many university presses and textbook publishers and conducted publishing workshops for doctoral students and faculty members across numerous college campuses. In addition to Handbook for Academic Authors, now in its sixth edition, Luey is the author of Expanding the American Mind: Books and the Popularization of Knowledge and Revising Your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors.
Review Quotes: 'This readable, up-to-date book will be of value to those beginning academic careers and those interested in publishing for an academic audience ... Recommended.' D. E. Williams, Choice