A Guide to Academic Writing

by Jeffrey A. Cantor

Overview

This book is a comprehensive guide to academic writing and publishing. It approaches the subject from a descriptive foundation for understanding academic tenure and promotion decisionmaking. The book then treats the considerations for selecting the avenues open to an academic for publishing: conference papers, grants, journals, scholarly books, texts, and popular or trade books. Each avenue is given a chapter-length discussion. Electronic media is also described in detail. Finally, Cantor offers a view of the marketing of a book product.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313290176
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/20/1993
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

JEFFREY A. CANTOR is Associate Professor of Adult Education and Corporate Training, Lehman College, City University of New York. Among Professor Cantor's earlier book and journal publications is A History of the Public Debt in the United States (Praeger, 1989).

Table of Contents

Preface
A Guide to Academic Writing
The Politics of Academic Publishing: Setting a Personal Course of Action
The Writing Process: Devising a Framework for Planning, Researching, and Developing a Manuscript
Writing for Professional Journals
More About Journals
Conference Papers and Presentations
Developing Grants and Contracts
Book Publication—Phase I: Pre-Contractual Considerations
Book Publication—Phase II: Developmental Considerations for Scholarly Books and College Texts
Book Publication—Phase II: Developmental Considerations for EL-HI Texts
Book Publications—Phase III: Marketing
References
Index