Getting Published
What next - publishing PhD
After the unavoidable stress of the viva and the following satisfaction of the end of a long path, one question will almost inevitably arise: what next? Publishing your dissertation is an opportunity for those who are interested in pursuing an academic career, or simply because your research is worth being published. However, getting published can be challenging and, not surprisingly, many give up or decide to postpone. There is no winning formula, but you might find helpful my own experience of the long route to getting published. I believe that there are three ways you can look at this challenge, and you may not necessarily want to start with the full publication of your dissertation. Book reviews and articles can be good practice before facing the great task of turning your work into a book. Book reviews are a good way of getting your name into print, which is a good feeling and... read more
How to Get Your First Academic Book Published
Charlotte Frost runs the web resource PhD2Published, which offers academic book publishing advice to first-timers. She established the site to help other academics (in a similar position to herself) learn how to get published in an increasingly competitive market. The site covers everything from researching your book’s potential market to effective social media networking, as well as offering numerous tips from relevant experts. Here she offers her top five nuggets of advice for getting your first academic book published: 1. Learn About Academic Publishing. Unless you happen to be studying the publishing industry, it’s likely you don’t know enough about it to make a successful book pitch. What I mean is that, you need an idea of what academic publishing actually entails, so that you know exactly what you’re asking a publisher to do when you pitch to them. There are lots of ways o... read more
Choosing a Publisher
Ultimately, if you decide to write a book then you are going to need a publisher. You will have literally thousands to choose from and like any relationship you need to make sure you get the most out of it. The best publisher is the one who can do most for your book in terms of producing a high quality text that is attractive and well marketed. Finding that publisher, however, is not always easy but you can save yourself a lot of time and possible rejections by targeting specific publishers using some simple guidelines. This way you can find the publishers who want your book quickly and then choose the one who will work the best for you. Ask yourself the following questions: Does your department or institution have it's own press or long standing links to particular publishers? Ask your supervisor or examiners if they recommend any companies. Who publishes the books you find your... read more
Make Publishing Easy - First Steps
General advice on getting your research published is hard to give, beyond fatuously obvious stuff. Hence, I'll actually start by focussing on the first step: Clarifying whether you want to publish. It is easy to get caught up in rumours and urban-myths about publishing expectations and requirements. Your first task then, in thinking about publishing your work, is to clarify the realities. Some general tips here: Unless you are doing a doctorate by publications (or similar name), there is unlikely to be any formal requirement to publish before you submit your thesis. However, there may well be conventions in your discipline. Check these - and check they apply to you, since such conventions will vary hugely across subject areas and contexts. And check again. Think about who is telling you what: Your Supervisor may have a vested interest in pushing you to publish; other doctoral ... read more
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Oxbow Books is a publisher, distributor and retail bookseller for everything on the subjects of Archaeology, Prehistory, the Classical World, the Middle Ages, Egyptology, Near Eastern studies, and related Environmental and Heritage topics. Oxbow Books publish around 50 titles a year, including monographs, edited collections of papers and excavation reports. Archaeology is our main subject area but we also publish in related historical and scientific fields, including four of our own journals and a range of series for associated organisations and groups. Windgather Press (an imprint of Oxbow) specialises in accessible and attractive books and journals on landscape history, landscape archaeology, and the history of Britain's countryside. Aris & Phillips (an imprint of Oxbow) publishes Classical Texts and Hispanic Classics, as well as books on Classical literature, Hispanic literature, the archaeology of ancient Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean.
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Sidestone Press represents a new generation of publishers. High-quality scientific books are being printed both as hardcover- as well as paperback books which are produced on-demand. Our books can be bought over the internet at our webshop as well as in the regular bookshop.
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Over the past 40 years, Ashgate has grown to become one of the world’s leading publishing houses. We understand the value of academic research and scholarship, and we are proud of our responsiveness, flexibility and independence. Our business is driven not by text books or journals but by a programme of cutting-edge research publications and specialist reference books. All books published within the Ashgate list are subject to peer review by recognized authorities in the field. We publish over 700 titles a year in Humanities and Social Science subject areas, we have well-established reprint Reference series, and we are the publishers of the highly regarded Variorum series.
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