From Dissertation to Book: Academic Book Publishing Resources

If you’re anything like me (and many of the PhDs I know), your first instinct when facing a problem–in this case it’s “how the hell do I get my dissertation published?”–is to research it. Me too. And I’ll save you a step! If you’re looking for helpful books, articles, and webinars on writing your book proposal and getting your manuscript published, you’ve come to the right place.

Books

Revising Your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors, edited by Beth Luey (University of California Press, 2007)
From Dissertation to Book by William Germano (University of Chicago Press, 2005)
The Thesis and the Book by Eleanor Harman and others (University of Toronto Press, 2003)
Getting it Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books by William P Germano (University of Chicago Press, 2016)
Thinking Like your Editor : How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get it Published by Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato (Norton, 2003)
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner (Macmillan, 2012)
Writing Successful Academic Books by Anthony Haynes (Cambridge University Press, 2010)

Articles

The Professor is In – “How to Write a Book Proposal”
Getting Published – “What Editors Want”
McGill-Queen’s University Press – “Manuscripts Based on Disserations”
Academic Coaching & Writing – “Academic Book Proposal Template”
The Chronicle of Higher Education – “The Reality of Writing a Good Book Proposal”
Chronicle Vitae – “Writing a Book Proposal”
PhD2Published – “Writing a Book Proposal” (multi-article series)

Webinars

Ideas on Fire – “Crafting a Kick-Ass Book Proposal” (archived webinar)
Academic Coaching & Writing – “Publishing Your Dissertation Research” (April 13, 2017)
Elsevier Publishing Campus – “Books Publishing” (multi-video series)

Know of any great resources that I’ve missed? Let me know in the comments!

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