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Editing academic book proposals
Manage episode 326710164 series 2499838
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
- 10% discount coupon for course: EDITINGPODCAST
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Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!
- patreon.com/editingpodcast
Denise and Louise
- 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/
131 episodes
Manage episode 326710164 series 2499838
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
- 10% discount coupon for course: EDITINGPODCAST
Join our Patreon community
Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!
- patreon.com/editingpodcast
Denise and Louise
- 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/
131 episodes
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