Publishing
Section 4
Step One: Idea
You may have a pre-conceived idea as to what your publication will cover. If
this is not the case, you should carry out some market research in your field
and identify a gap in the market that you could fill with your publication.
Step Two: Which publisher?
You can publish in a number of different media. Table 5 below sets out
samples of such media.
Table 5
Forms of publication
Review process
Any payment?
Refereed journals
External specialists
None
Non-refereed journals
Specialist editors
None
Magazines
Subject editor
Reasonable amount
Newspapers
Journalist/sub-editor
Moderate amount
Authored trade books Commissioning editor Royalty (% of sale
price)
Authored academic
books
Commissioning editor/ Royalty (% of sale
specialistprice)
Monograph
Commissioning editor/ Not usual
specialist
Chapter in book
Book editor
Editing a book of
Limited
readings
Varies
Royalty (% of sale
price)
Conference paper
Conference committee None
Internal report
Not usual
WebsiteNone
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