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Author / Creator:	Luey, Beth, author.
Edition:	Sixth edition.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022. ©2022
Description:	xii, 284 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Authorship. Authors and publishers. Academic writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Authorship Academic writing. Authors and publishers. Authorship. Handbooks and manuals.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12771129

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ISBN:	9781316513262 1316513262 9781009073356 1009073354 9781009063876
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"When our work is accepted, we share our happiness with colleagues. When it is rejected, we keep our disappointment to ourselves. That very natural response unfortunately makes an author receiving that first rejection believe (despite the statistics on acceptance rates) that this has never happened to anyone else. At some point, something you write will be rejected by a journal or book publisher. To lessen the trauma, I'm going to tell you the story of this book - now in its sixth edition, with thousands of copies sold around the world. The story begins with a rejection letter. In 1985 I completed a manuscript that I titled "A Handbook for Academic Authors" and asked a colleague to read it for me. I knew he was an excellent critical reader, though totally tactless. I revised to respond to his many comments and sent the manuscript to University Press A, which I thought was an obvious fit. They rejected it almost immediately, with what I suspect was a form letter. I was irritated, but because it clearly hadn't gone to outside readers I felt the rejection had nothing to do with the quality of my work. The next day I sent query letters and sample chapters to twelve publishers: six university presses, and six commercial publishers of quality nonfiction. Soon two more rejection letters arrived on a single day: a university press editor informed me that it was an excellent idea but more suitable for a trade publisher; a trade editor said it was an excellent idea but belonged at a university press. Two more form rejections followed"--
Other form:	Online version: Luey, Beth Handbook for academic authors. Sixth edition New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781009063876

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Publishing is critical for those pursuing faculty careers in academic institutions. It is often the most significant factor in faculty personnel decisions and impacts institutional prestige. But the process publishers use to assess potential publications is not always easy to understand. Luey addresses this in a discussion of decision-making regarding manuscripts and publishers' business models. Like its predecessors (the first edition appeared in 1987), this sixth edition of the book covers a variety of formats, including scholarly monographs, books for general readers, textbooks, and journal articles and also offers advice about revising dissertations for publication and developing electronic publications, including everything from ebooks to podcasts and blogs. In each area, Luey offers general comments about writing and editing and the economics of publishing. She does not speak to the idiosyncrasies of publishing for specific disciplines, offering instead realistic advice regarding what authors might expect as high-stakes decisions are made about the results of their labor. This readable, up-to-date book will be of value to those beginning academic careers and those interested in publishing for an academic audience. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals. --Delmus E. Williams, emeritus, Uiniversity of Akron

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Handbook for academic authors /

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