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How do I publish my book free as a free to read website with webpages?
I saw a website where authors have published their entire book as a website. How can I also do it? Which website gives such tools?
http://www.feat.engineering/
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Does my university get billed every time I access a paper?
I do not keep a folder on my computer with the hundreds of PDFs of the scientific papers I read, but rather whenever I need a paper I just go and download it from the publisher's website. Of course I ...
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Algorithms textbooks/lecture notes for the blind
Algorithms textbooks and lecture notes are largely inaccessible to the blind. If you can get them in pdf format, today's readers do a terrible job of reading math and make no effort to explain ...
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Regarding APC and withdrawal of accepted paper
I recently submitted my paper to a well-known journal, who accepted it after review. The 'Fees and Charges' of their site mentions that Article Processing Charge will be taken 'only' for Open Access. ...
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Is it Possible to Successfully Do a PhD in the UK Without Formal University Enrolment?
I was previously a PhD student for 2 years, about 15 years ago, but I had to drop out due to financial problems. I had 3 related peer-reviewed publications during that time, but the subject area has ...
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Is it ethical to request partial reimbursement to present something from my previous position?
I'm a postdoc based in Western Europe, and I'll be going to a far foreign country in South Asia for two weeks to present something related to my previous postdoc. The conference is paying for my ...
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What are the steps to write a book?
I work in a field of mathematics. I have written several survey articles on this area and consider myself a local expert in this field.
As this research area has stabilized, its importance remains. ...
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General Relativity Book Publication [closed]
I am writing a general relativity book for the high school grads and above. I expect my readers to have basics of calculus and vectors and Newtonian Mechanics - I am covering the necessary Special ...
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Where to donate foreign-language academic books?
After the death of a professor relative, my family on the East Coast has a collection of several hundred Russian-language technical books in physics, math, and hydrology. These were carefully selected ...
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Seeking Tools for Efficient Illustration Design in Physics Book Project
One of my friends intends to write a book related to the field of physics. I have been assigned to design illustrations similar to the images below for his book. The total number of these ...
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Writing graduate,undergraduate or research level math textbooks?
I know that writing textbooks is an art in itself, as opposed to writing research papers. Where can I find a good source for learning to write this type of book at the undergraduate, postgraduate, ...
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Are journals interested in reviews of books that are several years old? [closed]
It seems that most book reviews are published within a year of the publication of the book. I assume that the more recent the book, the more interested a journal will be in publishing a review. But at ...
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How did the 2012 rise in university fees in the UK affect university enrollment? [closed]
Did the number of domestic students decrease ?
Did international students start to make up a larger % of UK university enrollment?
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Academic Interview Question: "What is the title of your second book?"
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I watch a lot of YouTube content lately about PhDs, postdocs, and an academic career in general, and one content creator that stands out is the amazing Tara Brabazon. In one of her videos,...
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I can't come to finish the textbooks I start
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I decided to pursue Physics independent of my course, a while back. I selected a few textbooks to study for this. And.. I could not come to "finish"[1] them. It's been an year and ...
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What are examples of trustworthy no-fees open access scientific journals where serious scientists have published? [closed]
I sometimes hear the claim there are no no-fee open access journals available in some fields. An example on this website was recently for the case of Bio Informatics / Computational Biology.
What are ...
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After a few years away from school, inactive students may need to reapply for admission. Why?
At many schools in America, undergraduate students can freely take a semester or two off. But some students might want to take a longer break: perhaps two or three years.
At many schools, after ...
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Can I cite and reference a book in a research or graduate work if I don't know its license?
Is it strictly legal to cite or reference to books found on the internet in my graduate work or research or not? I don't know their license, but heard about fair use rule or law in the US. The thing I ...
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How can I access specific parts of a solutions manual that is not locally available?
I am currently facing a challenge in accessing specific problems from the solutions manual of a textbook that is crucial for my studies. The manual in question is not available in any library near me, ...
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Who is the target audience for the $60+ academic books?
I like to read philosophy and some of the books published by academics are sold at very high prices compared to average layperson books.
I was wondering who is the target audience/customer for these ...
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Is it normal to partially cover fees to attend the conference by PI for postdoc?
If you are working as a postdoc, would you expect your PI to cover all fees for your conference attendance?
I heard some labs cover all, but I am not sure what is the culture and conditions in here. ...
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Publishing a paper without paying an article-processing charge
I need to publish my paper in law but, to my knowledge, journals charge money in the form of an article-processing charge. Any tips on how to publish your research for free?
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Books about teaching at university following quality standards? [closed]
What introductory books are there for a new university lecturer to know about teaching with quality assurance in mind?
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Can reviewers work on my book chapter themselves?
I am new here, and relatively young. This is my first book chapter, I usually publish articles, and I was invited to write a chapter as a co-author by a colleague. After analyzing what my contribution ...
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Is it normal to be expected to read a 400 page academic textbook in a week?
As a student starting his masters degree, I was given an academic textbook on reinforcement learning, and I was asked to read it by next week by the professor. I just joined his research group.
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Balancing reading and college responsibilities
My exams start in three weeks. In three weeks I will reach all the planned obligations, but I have one problem. I bought a book that I wanted to read for a long time. The book has a large number of ...
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Conference fee, travel costs and accommodation fees for Keynote Speaker and Technical Program Committees [duplicate]
I was invited to attend a conference as a keynote speaker and TPC panel. The sent message began:
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are honored to invite you as a keynote speaker and the TPC ...
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Is it acceptable to add the dedication of a chapter in an academic scientific book?
Is it acceptable to add the dedication of a chapter in an academic scientific book? Is there a way to thank the ones who supported me though writing the chapters?
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Covering application fees for peer review, when your university declines to proceed, but expert in the field consider the work excellent
Situation - I produced a MSc thesis in applied data science (I mean, using data science but applied on a certain domain X), which was A-graded. An expert in the field X said it is excellent and worthy ...
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What will happen to my to downloaded PDFs on springer if I no longer have institutional access?
I'm a high schooler who self studies math. A university in my state (University of Minnesota) is offering college courses to high schoolers so I automatically get access to, and can download, books on ...
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Alternative for illegal downloading books
There are books with scientific content, very broadly cited in bibliography that haven't been printed by any publisher for decades (as far as I am aware). Plus hardly any copies have ever reached my ...
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Offers to include my published paper in an open access book?
I published a paper, and I've been receiving offers from various publishers to include the paper in open access books. What should I do please?
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What can I do if I can't pay the fee to have my paper published as open access?
I have had a paper accepted to a journal. In the submission process, there was a question whether the paper would be Open Access, I said yes, thinking there was no fee!
After the acceptance, the ...
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how much is a typical budget for publication costs in a five-year project that requires open access?
I need to budget the cost for publication for a European grant that requires open access, either green or gold, and I am struggling to figure out the costs over a five year period. Some ...
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Can an author choose the reviewer of their book?
I suspect the answer is no. The problem is, there is a group of scholars who would invariably trash the works of young scholars from a certain school of thought (they already did).
My book was ...
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Is it a bad form to ask for extra complimentary copies from academic publisher?
I've published a book based on my thesis with a reputable academic publisher. It turns out that I have to provide 2 more books to my university than I originally thought - they say for archival ...
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Would it be well-received to ask for the LaTeX source of a textbook?
My screen reader has a hard time with PDF documents. As I delve into more niche textbooks, I increasingly find them only in print/PDF rather than EPUB.
This makes it difficult to learn when the screen ...
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Do any colleges/universities require professors to provide the library with a free copy of a book they have written while employed by the school? [closed]
Let's say Professor X, who is currently a tenured professor at Y University, writes a book on genetic mutation. Is it likely Y University has a policy that requires Professor X to supply the ...
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Listing "Publications" in CV - How to list multiple co-authored book chapters from one single Book?
I have co-authored 2 book chapters on two different topics under 1 Book Title.
The Book has a single editor (but not co-author to these chapters), one ISBN and one DOI number. The chapters do not have ...
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How to handle payment requests from a predatory journal?
I sent an article to the journal at a promotional price. The article has already been published. They asked for a surcharge for the review and I paid but according to them I was late and they want to ...
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Why do " 'inclusive' access" textbooks normally self-destruct after a year or so?
Background information (you can skip this)
There's a technology called automatic textbook billing, or "inclusive" access (IA). It is also known by many other names.
With IA, students are ...
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What would be the cost of doing an MS degree in US as Night classes especially for an full time employee? [closed]
Is there any Test or Test score required to get admission?
Is there any forum or website to understand more about night classes for MS degree in US?
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How do I cite a book when it seems to have no year?
This is an edge case my mental citation engine couldn't quite handle. I'm entering all my physical books in a database, to do more principled library management (at long last), and I ran into a book, ...
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How best to handle financial support for gold OA publication fees?
I just had a paper accepted for publication in an Elsevier journal. It is to be published open access, so the journal has a sizeable open-access publication fee (or "APC") ~$2000.
I've ...
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What does someone earn by writing a scientific book (apart from money)?
What does someone earn by writing a scientific book (apart from money)? When somebody uses his/her time to write a scientific book, and I am referring to the top publishers. What does the author earn? ...
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Does a scientific book offer something to the author's CV or is it better to write journals/papers?
Does a scientific book offers something to the author's CV or is it better to write journals/papers in order to improve his/her CV?
update (24/06/2023):
I am talking about the following:
Computer ...
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How long an essay can be?
I was sure that even the longest essays are about 20-25 pages. But Eric Gill's "An Essay on Typography" is more than 150 pages. And here it becomes unclear to me where is a difference ...
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Do we need to pay for author registration at a conference to present our paper at an non-archival workshop?
My paper recently got accepted in a non-archival workshop at a prominent computer science conference. Since it is non-archival, should I still pay author registration (which is between $500 to $1000) ...
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Trouble with exercises and problem solving in graduate math textbooks
Firstly I'd like to apologize if this is too much of an opinion-based question. I do not know where else would be appropriate for such a post, if there is such a place please let me know.
I am very ...
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If I want to write and publish a book where I use C++ code for GPUs, what are the steps? [closed]
If I want to write and publish a book where I use my examples with C++ code that I have written for specific GPUs, what are the steps? Is there an infringement, because I will base the examples to ...
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