Possible Book Authorship Opportunity
I know many of you may feel like you have wanted to “write that book” that you have been thinking about for a long time. It’s not that your writing isn't up to snuff or even about taking the time, it’s because you don't really know where to start.
You may know that I have been publishing for a while as a sole author, co-author, editor and co-editor for many years and with a number of publishing houses (Wiley, Praeger, Greenwood, Charles C. Thomas, and others).
What you may not know is that I have never first written a manuscript and taken it to a publisher. I have ALWAYS first pitched my idea, along with an analysis of the market for my topic, a sample table of contents and perhaps a sample chapter.
This is a huge time and hassle saver, I mean I cannot begin to tell you how motivating it is FIRST have a publisher give you a contract, and how concomitantly helpful it is to then structure your book based on a collaboration of what the publisher wants rather than for you to have to go back and redraft potentially massive parts of your initial work in order to meet the publisher’s recommendations. (It also doesn't hurt to have someone cracking the whip with a deadline, too!)
I have been working on a number of projects that are now coming to an end, and I soon will have some time and “head-space” to re-devote to the reinvigorating series that I have with Praeger (now an ABC-CILO imprint) called Contemporary Psychology.
Thus far in the series we have published (http://www.slideshare.net/drchrisstout1/published-titles):
If you are interested, or at least want to learn more or have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line. A copy of the Author’s Guidelines (and the Reviewer’s Guidelines) are available at: http://www.slideshare.net/drchrisstout1/book-proposal-guidelines or let me know and I can send you a copy.
If you get a contract, please know that all royalties are yours, I do not get a cut. My relationship with Praeger is set regardless, and I have no quota or anything like that.
Having this series is an honor and a legacy. I enjoy writing and I very much enjoy being able to get others’ voices and ideas in print. Of course, not every proposal turns into a contract, and understand, I do not make ANY of those decisions—I am not on the editorial board nor do I serve as such a final decision maker.
Your book is totally accepted on its merits, the goodness-of-fit to the topics within Contemporary Psychology and what other contracts for projects the publisher may already have. And even if it does not make it with Praeger, I’m happy to connect you with others I know at Wiley or elsewhere if you’d like.
Cheers,
Chris
DrChrisStout@gmail.com
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