Writing Local History Today : : a Guide to Researching, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book
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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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SERIES
American Association for State and Local History book series.
PUBLISHED
Lanham : AltaMira Press, A division of Rowman & Littlefield, [2013]
Year Published: 2013
Description: xiv, 133 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780759119024
0759119023
9780759123953
0759123950
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Calder, J. Kent, 1951-
SUBJECTS
Local history -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Local history -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
LocaL history -- Publishing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.