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Book SynopsisThis book offers an inside look at how to publish scholarly articles, book reviews, magazine articles, and commercial and scholarly books.
Trade ReviewWhy is it that some people write and get published while others just as knowledgeable, thoughtful and articulate do not? ^RWriting and Publishing for Academic Authors^I not only makes the answer clear but explains exactly how to enlist in the writer category if that is why you really want. -- Peter C. Grenquist, Executive Director of AAUP
A useful collection of essays on how and when to write for what audiences, and for what publishers, with many practical suggestions that young scholars and aspiring writers can easily implement. -- Rita J. Simon, American University
In an era of publish or perish every academic has to devise a strategy to avoid that less pleasant alternative. I know of no more effective aid towards achieving this desideratum than the guidepost that Professor Moxley and Taylor have put at our disposal. -- Nicholas Rescher
Table of ContentsIf Not Now, When?, Joseph M. Moxley; Strategies for Enhancing Scholarly Productivity, Robert Boice; Freewriting and the Problem of Wheat and Tares, Peter Elbow; Publishing Scholarship in Humanistic Disciplines - Joining the Conversation, Gary A. Olson; Planning and Revising Research Reports, Donald W. Fiske; Reviewing Books for Scholarly Journals, Robin W. Erwin; The Art and Agendas of Writing a Successful Textbook Proposal, Paul A. Smith; From Proposal to Podium - Publishing Papers from Academic Conferences in Book Form, Largetta T. Lenker; From Podium to Print - Editing Conference Papers and Publishing the Dissertation, Sara Deats; University Presses - In and Out of the Ivory Tower, Naomi B. Pascal; How to Find and Catch a Catch - Writing the Winning Grant Proposal, Judith Ruderman; Co-authoring for Scholarly Publication - How Should You Collaborate?, Evelyn Ashton-Jones; Why Not Write for Commercial Publication?, Ben Johnson; Cyber-Property - Can We Cite and Copywrite on the Internet?, Janice Walker; Scholarhip Reconsidered, Again - Questions for the Future, Todd Taylor.
