Back in the old days, a prospective academic author could submit a manuscript —sometimes even a barely reworked dissertation — and book editors would consider it for publication. Now, even if you’ve ...

One of the joys of academic life is contributing to the canon of a field and knowing that other people will read your words and, perhaps, change their thinking. Thankfully, what counts as scholarship ...

A prospective author looking for the how-tos of writing a book proposal will find no end of advice and templates on the internet. Harder to track down is clear advice about the more intangible aspects ...

After a lengthy hiatus caused by other obligations, I am back with the third installment in my series of posts about how how to publish an academic book. In Part I, I summarized the criteria that can ...

If you want to publish a book, the first thing you’ll need to do is to put together a book proposal. Follow these 4 steps to craft one publishers will love. Most executives, however, are hoping to ...