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Craft an understandable, searchable book title.

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The peer review of a book proposal is typically a step that first-time authors don't know exists, and the genre can be tricky.

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Katelyn shares her top tools and resources recommendations that help her write, including some of the books that helped her go from dissertation to book.

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Our Dissertation-to-Book Workshop launches this Monday, Sept. 22. Don't miss your chance to join this facilitated six-week cohort and finish the year by taking your book to a new level. Register for the workshop

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Top Resources for Writing Your First Academic Book (Updated in 2021) How can you produce a strong monograph and navigate academic book publishing without feeling overwhelmed? I tell you exactly where to turn in this post.

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Academic Book Series: All Your Questions, Answered Whether you have no clue what series exist in your field(s) or have more targeted questions about evaluating potential series for your book, this post’s got you covered. Specifically, I’ll cover: Let’...

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Are You Making Scholarly Writing 20% Harder? If you are struggling to write, it may be your schedule to blame.

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What to Ask Authors Who've Recently Published with Your Target Presses - Academic Book Central Prestige aside, from the outside, it might seem like all university presses (and editors) are identical. You write your book, it goes through peer review, you revise it, and eventually it’s published....

Once you've identified some possible presses for your book, it's a good idea to reach out to other first-book authors who've worked with that publisher.

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Sample Chapters — What Publishers Really Want — Manuscript Works Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about when to send sample chapters with a book proposal, which sample chapters to send, and how long they should be. This post also covers how to re...

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The Competing Works Section of Your Book Proposal Wondering what purpose the "competing works" section of your academic book proposal serves? What books to include? Read this.

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Should You Publish Your Book in a Series? — Manuscript Works Many authors wonder whether they should consider publishing their scholarly book as part of a series at a university press. This post includes information that can help authors decide whether a series...

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How to Write an Academic Book Proposal — Manuscript Works Do you know what the essential building blocks of a scholarly book proposal are and why they’re there? Here's a quick guide to the key components with explanations of their functions and intended audi...

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Time-Tracking for Academic Authors — Manuscript Works How do you spend your working hours? Here are some tips how to use time tracking and categorizing to organize your tasks and become more aware of your patterns. These methods will be helpful for acade...

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Allison discusses how struggling with your argument and your evidence indicates that you're doing it right.

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