Getting it published : a guide for scholars and anyone else serious about serious books / William Germano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Germano, William P., 1950-

Series:

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship--Marketing.

Authorship.

Escritor--manual.

Editoração--manual.

Direito autoral--Estados Unidos.

Authors and publishers.

Academic writing.

Local Subjects:

Escritor--manual.

Editoração--manual.

Direito autoral--Estados Unidos.

Genre:

Ratgeber.

Physical Description:

xi, 218 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Summary:

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

What do publishers do?

Writing the manuscript

Selecting a publisher

Your proposal

What editors look for

Surviving the review process

What a contract means

Collections and anthologies

Quotations, pictures, and other headaches

How to deliver a manuscript

And then what happens to it

The via electronica

This book

and the next.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Germano, William P., 1950- Getting it published.

ISBN:

9780226288529

9780226288536

0226288528

0226288536

OCLC:

227573371