Academic Book Publishing The View from Political Science Jeffrey A. Segal, SUNY Distinguished Professor Chair, Department of Political Science.

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Academic Book Publishing The View from Political Science Jeffrey A. Segal, SUNY Distinguished Professor Chair, Department of Political Science

QUESTIONS

Book or article discipline? QUESTIONS

Book or article discipline? If book, which publishers are best? QUESTIONS

SURVEY OF TOP PUBLISHERS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

RANKINGS

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

Prospectus o 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.

ESPTEIN AND SEGAL, ADVICE AND CONSENT PROSPECTUS

PROSPECTUS CHAPTER 3 (EDITED)

TARGET AUDIENCE

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

If you have multiple offers from fairly equal publishers, you can negotiate. CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

If you have multiple offers from fairly equal publishers, you can negotiate. o $$$ CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

If you have multiple offers from fairly equal publishers, you can negotiate. o $$$ CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

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

Marketing o # of free copies o Which conferences they attend o Journal ads MARKETING

Questions?