Getting it published [ a guide for scholars and anyone else serious about serious books

"Germano, a veteran editor with experience in both the university press and commercial worlds, knows his audience. This second edition will teach readers how to think about, describe, and pitch their manuscripts before they submit them. They'll discover the finer points of publishing etiqu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Germano, William P. , 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press , c2008
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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505 0 |a 1. What do publishers do? -- 2. Writing the manuscript -- 3. Selecting a publisher -- 4. Your proposal -- 5. What editors look for -- 6. Surviving the review process -- 7. What a contract means -- 8. Collections and anthologies -- 9. Quotations, pictures, and other headaches -- 10. How to deliver a manuscript --11. And then what happens to it -- 12. The via electronica -- 13. This book-and the next 
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