Getting it published
Subtitle: a guide for scholars and anyone else serious about serious books
By: William Germano.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780226288529; 9780226288536
Subjects: Authorship -- Marketing
Description: "Germano, a veteran editor with experience in both the university press and commercial worlds, knows his audience. This second edition will teach readers how to think about, describe, and pitch their manuscripts before they submit them. They'll discover the finer points of publishing etiquette, including how to approach a busy editor and how to work with other publishing professionals on matters of design, marketing, and publicity. In a new afterword, they'll also find helpful advice on what they can - and must - do to promote their work." "A true insider's guide to academic publishing, the second edition of Getting It Published will help authors understand what to expect from the publishing process, from manuscript to finished book and beyond."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What do publishers do?; title: Writing the manuscript; title: Selecting a publisher; title: Your proposal; title: What editors look for; title: Surviving the review process; title: What a contract means; title: Collections and anthologies; title: Quotations, pictures, and other headaches; title: How to deliver a manuscript; title: And then what happens to it; title: The via electronica; title: This book; title: and the next.