How to Publish Your PhD

Sarah Caro

Jan 2009 · SAGE

About this ebook

How to Publish Your PhD is the first book to provide emerging researchers with a comprehensive and authoritative guide to publishing their research. is the first book to provide emerging researchers with a comprehensive and authoritative guide to publishing their research.

Drawing on nearly twenty years in the book business Sarah Caro explains in a clear and accessible way the key issues facing the would-be author. Within the context of today′s fast changing world where new technologies and increasing globalization continue to impact on academia and the world of academic publishing, key issues are discussed ranging from whether publishing your PhD is always the best way to enhance your career prospects to whether you should focus on journals or books.

A wealth of practical information and advice is included on:

• choosing a publisher
• revising your thesis
• putting together a proposal
• surviving the review process
• negotiating a contract
• working with your publishers marketing department.

The book is designed to be an easy to use, one stop guide with examples, chapter summaries and further reading. It will be an invaluable resource for emerging researchers across the broadest range of the humanities and social sciences and for all those teaching and advising them, in Europe and the US.

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Ratings and reviews

The book explains clearly the dynamic of transferring a PhD to a book. It is well written in a simple locution. It uncovers important factors that authors should consider when thinking about publication. It pervades some of the author's personal experience through her rich long experience. It furnishes detailed information about all the aspects of the topic, including communication with the relevant editors, reviewers, etc. One should bear in mind the idiosyncrasies of his own PhD when applying the book has given advice. Still, the book manifests that the elixir of publication is to have an original work built on a clear argument and written clearly. I do not think that any junior scholar and recent PhD awarded persons would not benefit from reading this book.

About the author

Sarah Caro is the Economics & Finance Editor for Oxford University Press.