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 ...

As a former acquisitions editor at a publishing company, I well remember the ritual wherein executives gathered in a conference room armed with their tabbed notebooks. Once a month, department leaders ...

Do you have in mind what next job or career you’d like to explore—for a paycheck or even for pleasure or other personal purposes? Now that people are living well into their mid-90s and working into ...

A few months ago, I polled my Twitter followers to ask what factor most held them back from submitting their book proposal to an academic publisher. Some said a lack of knowledge about the process, ...

Many talented technologists dream of publishing a book someday. They may not know how to begin or how the publishing process works. With so many avenues for publishing, it can be difficult to know ...

If you’re looking for a publisher for your scholarly book, your goal is probably to get a contract. Yes, your ultimate goal is to produce a great book. But the contract — as a sign that your work will ...