Comments on: How to Publish your First Academic Book

By: walid Abdallah

walid Abdallah — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:26:45 +0000

i need to publish my PhD as a book about English literature, is there anyone who can help me?

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000

Look for publishers who already published books relevant to the topic of your thesis.

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:37:59 +0000

I have two dissertations (PhD-thesis. and PsyD.project) and one masters’ thesis I would like published. I would like to know who are the best publishers to contact. I have seen whole theses published on-line. Any good ideas re. publishing would be helpful to me.

By: Mary Anne

Mary Anne — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:45:36 +0000

and by the way:
one important thing, when you re trying to get your work published: be as much detailed in the synopsis as you can. That should be very helpful to the editors…

By: Mary Anne

Mary Anne — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:10 +0000

I have currently been approached by a colleague, himself a Managing Editor from open access publisher Versita. They publish monographs in open access model and I managed to submit my work to them. The process is actually quite easy, I didn’t have to pay any publication fees and I am now waiting for my work to get published.

By: dkny

dkny — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:31:41 +0000

Now a days when many publishers are accepting proposals via email and responding in a matter of days, it is absolutely ridiculous. You can/should pitch proposals to as many publishers as you want AT THE SAME TIME. One thing I noticed is that many publishers still like to get proposals in the mail even if they accept them via email, they respond better to hard copy proposals.

By: university_virginia

university_virginia — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:32:00 +0000

"If you don''t know how to die, don''t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and Adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don''t bother your head about it."

By: Mles Hacker

Mles Hacker — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:04:18 +0000

I have published two academic books in the area of pharmacology. In both cases, the editor sent my proposal out to external, independent reviewers before they offered me a contract for the book. Perhaps my experience is unique but I would state that external review of a book proposal is not uncommon here in the United States. In fact my third book proposal is currently under external review.

By: James F. McGrath

James F. McGrath — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:07:39 +0000

It may be that Oxford and Cambridge proceed as you suggest. I think most American publishers will not send a proposal to outside reviewers. In my experience, a proposal is reviewed by editors, who will then express interest or disinterest in seeing the complete manuscript. Once you submit the complete manuscript, that is when it will be sent to outside reviewers. But, as I said, it may be that different publishers do things in different ways.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:56:14 +0000

Hello Constantina,
thank you for those tips, I will keep them in mind during the next period as I think I have to consider taking this step… It feels like so much work to do though ! I haven’t seriously contacted pubishers yet, except for BAR who though replied very positively on a short email I sent.
Have you published yours ?
Catherine.