Want to know more about editing academic book proposals? Laura Portwood-Stacer discusses what it involves and how to develop your skills.
Listen to find out more about
- What is an academic book proposal?
- How and why editors can get involved
- The types of work and the kinds of editing editors carry out
- How academic book proposals differ from other types of book proposals
- Who evaluates academic book proposals and what they’re looking for
- The key elements of an academic book proposal
- Which elements authors typically need most help with
- The contextual information editors need to gather from an author
- How editors can learn about this type of work: The Book Proposal Book
Find out more about Laura Portwood-Stacer
- Contact Laura: manuscriptworks.com and lauraportwoodstacer.com
- Read The Book Proposal Book: manuscriptworks.com/book
- Train as an academic developmental editor: courses.manuscriptworks.com
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- Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
- Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing
Music credit
‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/