As a former acquisitions editor at a publishing company, I well remember the ritual wherein executives gathered in a conference room armed with their tabbed notebooks. Once a month, department leaders ...

After a lengthy hiatus caused by other obligations, I am back with the third installment in my series of posts about how how to publish an academic book. In Part I, I summarized the criteria that can ...

Do you have in mind what next job or career you’d like to explore—for a paycheck or even for pleasure or other personal purposes? Now that people are living well into their mid-90s and working into ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m an investment sales broker and real estate investor based in NYC. In commercial real estate, writing a relevant book in your ...

Back in the old days, a prospective academic author could submit a manuscript —sometimes even a barely reworked dissertation — and book editors would consider it for publication. Now, even if you’ve ...

A few months ago, I polled my Twitter followers to ask what factor most held them back from submitting their book proposal to an academic publisher. Some said a lack of knowledge about the process, ...

Working with an agent who challenges your vision for your manuscript could push you to think more deeply and ultimately write a better book. Not long ago, I queried a dozen or so literary agents.