In the last edition of this newsletter, I talked about responding to reader reports and some misconceptions that trip authors up. Above all, it’s cruci…

One of the scariest parts of scholarly publishing is waiting for the peer reviewers’ reports to come back, culminating in that suspenseful moment when …

Careful readers of this newsletter will know that I have been in the process of pitching a book of my own—a handbook for scholars on how to write a boo…

Here’s a question that comes up frequently among scholarly authors who are preparing to pitch first books: should I mention the dissertation in my book…

What’s the difference between a preface and an introduction? Does your book manuscript really need both? In scholarly books, a preface is often a kind …

A couple years ago, I published a Medium post outlining 8 Signs You Need a Developmental Editor for Your Academic Book. At the end of that post, I prom…

Today’s newsletter is more of a year-in-review and housekeeping update than an advice post, but I hope you won’t mind one of these every once in a whil…

If you’re planning to pitch your book for publication, one of the things you’ll definitely be asked about is the book’s intended audience. Why do publi…

Last week, I talked in this newsletter about how simultaneous submission is one of those things many scholarly book publishers take for granted, while …

Scholarly publishing is full of norms and conventions that are taken for granted by those who know the ropes and are simultaneously largely unknown to …

If your “school year’s resolution” is to finish your book proposal this semester, but you’re feeling a little bit lost about the whole enterprise, I’ve…

What’s the hardest part about writing and publishing a book? I’m sure if you asked around you would get many different answers. For me—and for a lot of…