Writing local history today: a guide to researching, publishing, and marketing your book
Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to mar...
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Lanham, Md
Rowman & Littlefield
2024
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| Ausgabe: | Second edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | American Association for State and Local History Series
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| Zusammenfassung: | Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to market and sell one's work. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Readers: Who Is Your Audience? -- 2. Evidence: Where Do You Find It? How Do You Use It? -- 3. Communication: How Do You Shape a Specialized Subject for a Nonspecialist Audience? -- 4. Economics, Design, and Production: How Do You Produce and Market a Book That People Will Pay For? -- Appendix 1. Sample Author's Guidelines -- Appendix 2. Sample Contract for an Article -- Appendix 3. Sample Book Contract -- Appendix 4. Sample Contract with a Photographer -- Appendix 5. Sample Request for Proposal for Typesetting and Printing a Journal -- Appendix 6. Sample Request for Proposals for Writing a Book -- Appendix 7. Sample Request for Proposals for Publishing a Book -- Appendix 8. Permission Request (Image) -- Appendix 9. Permission Request (Text) -- Appendix 10. Interview Release Form -- Appendix 11. Contributor Agreement -- Appendix 12. Marketing Questionnaire -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors. |
| Beschreibung: | 180 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781538182611 |
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