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Author Silverman, Franklin H., 1933-

Title Authoring books and materials for students, academics, and professionals / Franklin H. Silverman
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998

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 MELB  808.02 S5877/A  AVAILABLE
Description x, 161 pages
Contents Contents: Ch. 1. Qualifications Necessary for Authoring a Textbook or Other Academic or Professional Book or Material -- Ch. 2. Potential Benefits and Losses: Financial and Other -- Ch. 3. Choosing a Publisher -- Ch. 4. Proposals -- Ch. 5. Negotiating a Publishing Contract and a Joint Collaboration Agreement -- Ch. 6. Doing the Project -- Ch. 7. How Textbooks and Other Educational and Professional Books and Materials Are Marketed -- Ch. 8. Tax and Other Business Implications of Authorship -- App. A. A Representative Book Proposal -- App. B. A Representative Joint Collaboration Agreement -- App. C. Permission Forms -- App. D. Textbook Features That College Students Do and Don't Find Helpful -- App. E. Standard Proof Correction Notation -- App. F. Common Characteristics of Best-Selling Textbooks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Authorship.
LC no. 97044875
ISBN 0275961591 (alk. paper)
0275961605 (paperback: alk. paper)