Authoring Books and Materials for Students, Academics, and Professionals

Creating a book for the academic or professional market is a major undertaking-one that is likely to require an investment of hundreds of hours. This book offers a complete guide to the process, from weighing the costs and benefits of becoming an author, through negotiating a contract, to marketing the final book.

The information, which is presented from an author's perspective, includes: selecting the most appropriate publisher(s) to which to submit a proposal, factors to consider when drafting a proposal, contract negotiation, joint collaboration agreements, time management and other writing tips, academically respectable ways to facilitate marketing, and working with the IRS.

List of contents

Preface
Qualifications Necessary for Authoring a Textbook or Other Academic or Professional Book or Material
Potential Benefits and Losses: Financial and Others
Choosing a Publisher
Proposals
Negotiating a Publishing Contract and a Joint Collaboration Agreement
Doing the Project
How Textbooks and Other Educational and Professional Books and Materials Are Marketed
Tax and Other Business Implications of Authorship
Appendix A: A Representative Book Proposal
Appendix B: A Representative Joint Collaboration Agreement
Appendix C: Permission Forms
Appendix D: Textbook Features that College Students Do and Don't Find Helpful
Appendix E: Standard Proof Correction Notation
Appendix F: Common Characteristics of Best-Selling Textbooks
References and Resources
Index

About the author

Franklin H. Silverman

Product details

• Authors: Elisabet McHugh, McHugh Elisabet, Franklin Silverman, Franklin H. Silverman
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.1998
• EAN: 9780275961602
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96160-2
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Writing & editing guides, Writing and editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Palaeography, Business: Business Communications