02-15-2011, 06:09 PM
I think the best approach is...to be honest with oneself.
I have research I may want one day to publish when I'm done...a few academics and others told me it's of a good caliber, so why not?
But I know I would never make it to syllabi worldwide...even many known scholars admit their 60-cents-a-page books sold few copies...and that in spite of them putting their own books on their own syllabi (the used books circuit etc).
I long ago tried to submit to an unknown peer-reviewed journal that caters to that semi-unknown niche and i was scolded for my "sexist prose"...I had put a few "s/he" in the text, but I think they meant "mankind" (you are supposed to use "humankind" not to offend queers and women...and they also said I had followed the wrong Turabian edition...
In other words, if it took me N days to write whatever I intended to submit, it'd take twice that time to rewrite it according to their specifications...and that's just one stupid journal that probably sent out 78 copies last issue, including free copies.
I say to make the information available and see.
Amazon offers a customizable service to self-publish your book and to make a good product available to the widest possible audience for a low price, forget .6 to 1$-per-page "scholarly" books edited by what are essentially novelty presses for people with letters after their name, that nobody will buy because they are too expensive.
An academic I knew edited a book on XVI century England...it costed $90 for a 250 pages book...with Amazon I can print-on-demand a 6x9, 250pp b&w book with a retail price of $12 (depending of the royalty I intend to cash, of course!) and give it the widest possible distribution.
I have research I may want one day to publish when I'm done...a few academics and others told me it's of a good caliber, so why not?
But I know I would never make it to syllabi worldwide...even many known scholars admit their 60-cents-a-page books sold few copies...and that in spite of them putting their own books on their own syllabi (the used books circuit etc).
I long ago tried to submit to an unknown peer-reviewed journal that caters to that semi-unknown niche and i was scolded for my "sexist prose"...I had put a few "s/he" in the text, but I think they meant "mankind" (you are supposed to use "humankind" not to offend queers and women...and they also said I had followed the wrong Turabian edition...
In other words, if it took me N days to write whatever I intended to submit, it'd take twice that time to rewrite it according to their specifications...and that's just one stupid journal that probably sent out 78 copies last issue, including free copies.
I say to make the information available and see.
Amazon offers a customizable service to self-publish your book and to make a good product available to the widest possible audience for a low price, forget .6 to 1$-per-page "scholarly" books edited by what are essentially novelty presses for people with letters after their name, that nobody will buy because they are too expensive.
An academic I knew edited a book on XVI century England...it costed $90 for a 250 pages book...with Amazon I can print-on-demand a 6x9, 250pp b&w book with a retail price of $12 (depending of the royalty I intend to cash, of course!) and give it the widest possible distribution.
A.A Mole University
B.A London Institute of Applied Research
B.Sc Millard Fillmore
M.A International Institute for Advanced Studies
Ph.D London Institute of Applied Research
Ph.D Millard Fillmore
B.A London Institute of Applied Research
B.Sc Millard Fillmore
M.A International Institute for Advanced Studies
Ph.D London Institute of Applied Research
Ph.D Millard Fillmore