Queries related to academic books in general. The structure of and considerations related to publishing academic books, etc, comes under this tag.
0
votes
2answers
142 views
E-books and e-publishing
What options are there, and how do they compare against each other, for digitally publishing (for example, a series of short stories)?
In addition to the issue of format management (producing ...
7
votes
3answers
94 views
Any book/guide for university managers?
Academic scholars have written many books guiding managers at different business/industry positions. I wondered that I was unable to find any noticeable book describing the roles of a department head, ...
5
votes
2answers
113 views
What can I do with a book summary?
I finished reading a textbook of about 250 pages. For my personal reference, I created a summary in note form of about 30 pages. Formulations are close to the original text with some variation on my ...
12
votes
4answers
392 views
Why do universities support faculty writing textbooks?
Textbooks take a lot of time and effort to write, so why would a university support their faculty to do so? The author can make a good profit from a textbook and I am guessing the institution doesn't ...
7
votes
1answer
137 views
Are books peer-reviewed?
I am unsure for books but I know for certain that selected journal articles are peer-reviewed. (This just shows I am not in academia!)
Do books go through a peer-review process? If so, how does this ...
3
votes
3answers
209 views
What are good resources on how to carry oneself on a PhD course?
I just started a PhD and I was looking for some guidance on what I could expect in the following years, more specifically, what is the recommended way to progress, how should I allocate my research ...
25
votes
6answers
453 views
What incentives do academics have to write text books?
As noted in this question, academics should write research articles. In many fields, these are way more important than books. It's original research that counts for getting a PhD position, a post-doc, ...
4
votes
4answers
272 views
When to publish a book?
I am presently doing MSc (Information Technology) in India. I really like teaching and have a passion for it. Based on my Masters degree I will get a designation of Assistant professor (hope so I get ...
5
votes
2answers
111 views
Where to borrow books that my own university's library doesn't have?
I need a book for my teaching and/or research, but my university's library doesn't have this book. I don't think I'll use it enough to justify spending money out of my own pocket to own it. What ...
4
votes
2answers
88 views
What is proper acknowledgment for figure authorship in a book chapter?
A senior researcher, with whom I worked a few years ago, is writing a book chapter. He contacted me to ask what was the latest work of our group on the topic of his chapter. I gave him a few links to ...
6
votes
2answers
201 views
Books providing exercises but not solutions
Lately I've been reading lots of statistics books. Many of them have exercises after each chapter that I'm eager to solve, but I'm a beginner and can't solve most of them, and those that I think I can ...
8
votes
2answers
175 views
Creating a book based on an article (copyright issues)
I've asked this question at math.stackexchange.com, but a comment proposed me to ask this question at academia.stackexchange.com instead.
Here is my question:
Elsevier explicitly permits me to make ...
10
votes
2answers
154 views
Are books and professional society memberships allowable expenses under US federal grants?
Can you include books and/or professional society memberships in expenses under grants from agencies like NSF and NIH?
I've purchased lots of books under grants from DOE and the Air Force in the ...
16
votes
5answers
506 views
Are academic book buyers legitimate?
I have recently been receiving number of visits from "academic book buyers" that are looking to buy books that I no longer want. It is never stated outright but they seem to be looking mainly for ...
12
votes
4answers
184 views
Book recommendations for information visualization?
When writing papers, one specific problem is how to effectively organize the data we want to present so as to enable the audience and readers to quickly understand what we want to demonstrate.
I've ...
14
votes
3answers
669 views
How can I protect my loose leaf textbooks?
One book I ordered this semester is a loose leaf book (3-hole punched) that I'm currently keeping in a binder. Problem is, the pages are quite thin, and tear very easily near the hole punches. What ...
9
votes
2answers
294 views
How to ensure proper peer-review for a self-published book?
In this day and age, with more and more people going the self-publishing route, I'd be interested in experiences from/opinions about how to go about having your self-published book properly ...
10
votes
3answers
373 views
When do you stop reading books cover to cover?
During my undergrad, we had a reading assignment (for most courses) which would nearly cover up the entire textbook including introductions, summaries, "did you know" and other such fluff material.
...
11
votes
2answers
226 views
Why doesn't citation of a book give specific pages?
In papers or books, citation to another book usually doesn't contain the specific page, section, chapter of where a result is borrowed. If the book is really thick, and the readers may have different ...
7
votes
2answers
160 views
For a student, what is the optimal usage of a solution manual?
During coursework if a solution manual is available for the textbook, it is always a huge bonus for the student. While the student is exposed to a variety of relevant applications and tricks in the ...
5
votes
1answer
117 views
On citing books as references in papers
I am an undergraduate student with no experience and no guidance from any teacher whatsoever.
I have done research on Recreational Mathematics (Maths tricks). I have a lot of new tricks to ...
5
votes
2answers
117 views
What figure formatting can, should, or will be done by a publisher?
Background
When preparing a final version of a figure, it appears that some changes could be more easily made in a graphics software (gimp, inkscape, scribus, adobe) as opposed to R. Such changes ...
35
votes
5answers
764 views
How to publish an academic book but make the PDF freely available online?
Background
I like the idea of writing an academic book.
It currently looks better on a CV when applying for jobs, grants, promotions, etc. than a blog post, or a website.
Libraries and people ...
20
votes
2answers
616 views
Why is the city of publication important in most bibliography format?
Most bibliography formats require the city of publication for books. Why? In this digital era, ISBN would be way more important. But even before the digitalization of everything, why was the city of ...
8
votes
1answer
136 views
What are the most important points to emphasize while pitching for a dissertation to be published as a book?
An editor for a major publishing house is visiting our institute, and some PhD students will get the chance to have a 15 min talk with them and discuss the publication of their dissertation as a book.
...
13
votes
2answers
156 views
At what point in the writing process should one contact an academic book publisher?
Is it better to contact a publisher early in the writing process so that the editor can be involved in shaping the project, or is it better to submit a full academic book manuscript? In my case, this ...
5
votes
1answer
142 views
Getting the best out of a book-reading exercise
A doctorate involves plumbing the depths of a problem and often this involves a lot of knowledge breadth-wise in related areas. Though the latter is provided by coursework, education about a precise ...
14
votes
4answers
293 views
Does publishing a book while employed for an academic institution grant legal claim on the royalties?
If I publish a book on my research topics while employed for an academic institution, can they claim part of the revenues I get from royalties ? My question is relative to Europe, but if someone knows ...
