Other academics, particularly younger scholars, often ask me about how to get an academic book published. When I recently floated the idea of writing a series of blog posts about this issue, on social ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. In January, Karin Wulf, a history professor at William and Mary, wrote an installment for her blog, ...

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The academic book review has long had a status issue, both in the United States and elsewhere. With the advent in the U.K., where I'm based, of the Research Excellence Framework, a process of research ...

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T he academic book review seems like a straightforward task. A journal editor sends you a book closely related to your expertise, offering an excuse to dig in and think about the shape of your field.

In my first post in this series, I went over the criteria that should guide your decision on whether to try to write an academic book in the first place. I also explained the limitations of this ...

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Retold for modern readers of all ages, each of these 74 beautifully illustrated Chinese tales is accompanied by audio with vivid sound effects and music. Lexile measurements for each title vary ...