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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Silverman, Franklin H., 1933- Authoring books and materials for students, academics, and professionals. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998 (OCoLC)607003529 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Franklin H Silverman |
| ISBN: | 0275961591 9780275961596 0275961605 9780275961602 |
| OCLC Number: | 37890500 |
| Description: | x, 161 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Qualifications Necessary for Authoring a Textbook or Other Academic or Professional Book or Material -- Potential Benefits and Losses: Financial and Other -- Choosing a Publisher -- Proposals -- Negotiating a Publishing Contract and a Joint Collaboration Agreement -- Doing the Project -- How Textbooks and Other Educational and Professional Books and Materials Are Marketed -- Tax and Other Business Implications of Authorship -- A Representative Book Proposal -- A Representative Joint Collaboration Agreement -- Textbook Features That College Students Do and Don't Find Helpful -- Standard Proof Correction Notation -- Common Characteristics of Best-Selling Textbooks. |
| Responsibility: | Franklin H. Silverman. |
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"This book is targeted for the many teachers and other professionals who are thinking about writing an academic book. [It] can also be of great value to experienced authors, particularly those who have authored or would like to author academic and professional materials."-Daniel R. Boone, Professor Emeritus, Speech & Hearing Science University of Arizona-Tucson Read more...
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