Publishing a book

[owl_of_minerva]

Hello all,

I just came across this guide to pushing & marketing your scholarly book on the University Affairs (a Canadian magazine about academia) website. It's primarily aimed at folks publishing in Canada (e.g., specific grants to think about applying for; info on Canadian university presses), but I imagine some of the advice is probably true

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newt-fancier

[poldyb]

Handy that. Thanks!

I may finally be able to publish my book on the habits of newts, Newts I've known: an exhaustive history of my time among the aquatic members of the family Salamandridae

Re: newt-fancier

[owl_of_minerva]

I believe that would find an excellent home at a top Canadian press, dear Mr. Fink-Nottle.

[posthumanthony]

Thanks for that ... and you know all about my ongoing horror story. ;)

[owl_of_minerva]

Yes, yes indeed.

I'm basically at the point where I'm hoping to be able to spend next summer working on a book proposal, but the concept still sort of terrifies me.

[posthumanthony]

It's overwhelming, to be sure. But once you figure out what presses you're going to target, then you get into a rhythm. The biggest pain is how each press wants a slightly different set of proposal materials. But once you get one master document done, you can cut and paste accordingly.

But I think I spent about a month solid on the process. Took up an entire July, I believe. But -- even despite the issues -- worth it. I have to say, when I got my proofed pages back and saw the official title pages all laid out ... it is a bit of a rush. ;)