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Academic Book Publishing The View from Political Science Jeffrey A. Segal, SUNY Distinguished Professor Chair, Department of Political Science
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QUESTIONS
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Book or article discipline? QUESTIONS
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Book or article discipline? If book, which publishers are best? QUESTIONS
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SURVEY OF TOP PUBLISHERS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
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RANKINGS
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Book or article discipline? If book, which publishers are best? How to get a contract? o Write publishers in advance of national meetings to gauge their potential interest. o If interested, make appointments to meet at the meeting. o Prepare prospectus QUESTIONS
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Prospectus o 10-15 page summary and chapter by chapter outline o Discuss potential market, including types of courses that could use the book, and why your book does things the competition does not. o Include a timetable for completion. o A brief biography of the author(s). o Avoid noting relationship to dissertation.
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ESPTEIN AND SEGAL, ADVICE AND CONSENT PROSPECTUS
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PROSPECTUS CHAPTER 3 (EDITED)
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TARGET AUDIENCE
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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If you have multiple offers from fairly equal publishers, you can negotiate. CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
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If you have multiple offers from fairly equal publishers, you can negotiate. o $$$ CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
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If you have multiple offers from fairly equal publishers, you can negotiate. o $$$ CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
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If you have multiple offers from fairly equal publishers, you can negotiate. o $$$ (indexing) o Time to publication (seek right to withdraw if way past deadline) o Time to paperback o Marketing CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
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Marketing o # of free copies o Which conferences they attend o Journal ads MARKETING
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Questions?
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