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

2 QUESTIONS

3 Book or article discipline? QUESTIONS

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

5 SURVEY OF TOP PUBLISHERS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

6 RANKINGS

7 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

8 Prospectus o 10-15 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.

9 ESPTEIN AND SEGAL, ADVICE AND CONSENT PROSPECTUS

10 PROSPECTUS CHAPTER 3 (EDITED)

11 TARGET AUDIENCE

12 ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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

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

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

16 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

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

18 Questions?

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