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Subject(s)

• Local history—Handbooks, manuals, etc [Browse]
• Local history—Authorship—Handbooks, manuals, etc [Browse]
• Local history—Publishing—Handbooks, manuals, etc [Browse]

Author

• Calder, J. Kent, 1951- [Browse]

Series

American Association for State and Local History book series [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.

Contents

• 1. The consumer: who is your audience?
• 2. Evidence: where do you find it? how do you use it? (research)
• 3. Communication: how do you shape a specialized subject for a nonspecialist audience? (writing)
• 4. Economics, design, and production: how do you produce and market a book that people will pay for? (publishing)
• Appendix 1. Sample author's guidelines
• Appendix 2. Sample contract for an article
• Appendix 3. Sample contract for a book
• 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. Why books cost : a quick lesson in finance for publishers / Gregory M. Britton.

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ISBN

• 9780759119024 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0759119023 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780759123953 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0759123950 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013015986

OCLC

833300789

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