This is the definitive guide to successfully publishing social science research. Its working premise is that completing a project is only the first phase of research. Dissemination is the second phase, and it requires specific skills and knowledge. The Academics' Guide to Publishing provides the essential information on these skills in clear and succinct form: explains the different ways in which research can be disseminated: in journals, books, reports, the Internet, popular media, and conferences demonstrates how the structures, practices and procedures involved work - making them easily understood and transparent situates research in the larger and changing context of Higher Education The Academics' Guide to Publishing will show how to secure a job, how to gain tenure, how to survive research assessment exercises, and how to obtain promotion.
A Hundred Years of the Rationalist Press Association
Presents the history of the Rationalist Press Association (RPA). RPA's Honorary Associates have included such luminaries of the 20th century as Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, J B S Haldane, Julian Huxley, Somerset Maugham, Bertrand Russell, H G Wells, and others.
This comprehensive overview of all aspects of the publishing process has been written especially for prospective authors who want to learn more about the field to advance their careers and publishing success. More than just a `how to' book, this volume explains the entire context of scholarly publishing and how it should, ideally, work toward advancing knowledge and successful management practice.
Clearly and concisely, this volume explains the entire book publishing process. Written by the editorial staff at SAGE Publications Inc, it explains how to prepare an effective book proposal, how to respond to reviews and how to secure a contract. Detailed coverage is provided of contracts, book production and promotion. Throughout, publishing is presented not only as a business but also as a partnership between author and publisher.
The Publisher, Text, and Publication of America's First Britannica, 1789-183
This is the first study of the life and career of Thomas Dobson, arguably the most prominent American printer, publisher, and bookseller between the years 1785 and 1822, whose accomplishments included publication of the first American edition of the Hebrew Bible, and the first American edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship ......
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship ......
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship ......
