Writing Local History Today: A Guide to Researching, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book (American Association for State and Local History)
Book Details
Author(s)Thomas A. Mason, J. Kent Calder
PublisherAltaMira Press
ISBN / ASIN0759123950
ISBN-139780759123953
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Mason & Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to market and sell their work. Highlights include:
- Discussion of how to identify an audience for your writing project
- Tips for effective research and planning
- Sample documents, such as contracts and requests for proposals
- Discussion of how to use social media to leverage your publication
- Discussion of the benefits and drawbacks to self-publishing
- An essay by Gregory Britton, the editorial director of John Hopkins University Press, about financial pitfalls in publishing
