Writing local history today
Subtitle: a guide to researching, publishing, and marketing your book
By: Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent Calder
Contributors: Calder, J. Kent, 1951- author
Series: American Association for State and Local History book series; American Association for State and Local History book series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780759119024; 9780759123953; 9780759119048
Subjects: Ortsgeschichtsschreibung; Publishing; Authorship; Ortsgeschichte; Local history; Handbooks, manuals
Description: Featuring practical advice and sample documents, Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the sometimes daunting process of researching, writing, and publishing their work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1. The consumer: who is your audience?; title: 2. Evidence: where do you find it? how do you use it? (research); title: 3. Communication: how do you shape a specialized subject for a nonspecialist audience? (writing); title: 4. Economics, design, and production: how do you produce and market a book that people will pay for? (publishing); title: Appendix 1. Sample author's guidelines; title: Appendix 2. Sample contract for an article; title: Appendix 3. Sample contract for a book; title: Appendix 4. Sample contract with a photographer; title: Appendix 5. Sample request for proposal for typesetting and printing a journal; title: Appendix 6. Sample request for proposals for writing a book; title: Appendix 7. Sample request for proposals for publishing a book; title: Appendix 8. Why books cost : a quick lesson in finance for publishers / Gregory M. Britton.