Revising Your Dissertation by Beth Luey

Revising Your Dissertation by Beth Luey

The aftermath of graduate school can be particularly trying for those under pressure to publish their dissertations. Written with good cheer and jammed with information, this lively guide offers hard-to-find practical advice on successfully turning a dissertation into a book or journal articles that will appeal to publishers and readers. It will help prospective authors master writing and revision skills, better understand the publishing process, and increase their chances of getting their work into print. In this guide experienced editors of scholarly books tackle such subjects as addressing a target audience, broadening a topic, reorganizing, developing a voice, and finding the best documentation system. Specific chapters address authors in different academic fields: the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and arts. The guide also gives advice to authors of books on topics of regional interest and of books written for practicing professionals. Revising Your Dissertation will be useful for students who are developing a dissertation topic or are in the process of writing a dissertation, as well as those who have completed a dissertation they wish to bring to a wider audience.

"Anyone planning to revise a dissertation will find no better guide than thisBeth Luey deserves our thanks for recruiting some of the best editors in the business to help aspiring authors understand and deal with the many challenges of turning a thesis into a successful book." - Sanford G. Thatcher, Director, Pennsylvania State University Press; "What do editors want? A full spectrum of answers is revealed by the experts who here set forth, with wit and good sense, the arts of revising a dissertation." - Douglas Mitchell, Executive Editor, University of Chicago Press; "At last! An authoritative, up-to-date, succinct, intelligent, and witty guide to making the transition from dissertation to book. I will recommend this book to my publishing colleagues as readily as to would be authors. It is a must-give to a graduating Ph.D." - Charles Grench, Assistant Director and Senior Editor, University of North Carolina Press"

Beth Luey, Director of the Scholarly Publishing Program at Arizona State University, is author of Handbook for Academic Authors (fourth edition, 2002), The Harmonious Child: Every Parent's Guide to Musical Instruments, Lessons, and Teachers (2003), and Editing Documents and Texts: An Annotated Bibliography (1987).

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ISBN 13	9780520242555
ISBN 10	0520242556
Title	Revising Your Dissertation
Author	Beth Luey
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	2004-10-11
Number of pages	262
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