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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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•Prospectuso 10-15 page summary and chapter by chapter outlineo 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 paperbacko Marketing
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
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•Marketingo # of free copieso Which conferences they attendo Journal ads
MARKETING
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Questions?