Editing academic book proposals

Want to know more about editing academic book proposals? Laura Portwood-Stacer discusses what it involves and how to develop your skills. Listen to find out more about What is an academic book proposal? How and why editors can get involved The types of work and the kinds of editing editors carry out How academic book proposals differ from other types of book proposals Who evaluates academic book proposals and what they're looking for The key elements of an academic book proposal Which elements authors typically need most help with The contextual information editors need to gather from an author How editors can learn about this type of work: The Book Proposal Book Find out more about Laura Portwood-Stacer Contact Laura: manuscriptworks.com and lauraportwoodstacer.com Read The Book Proposal Book: manuscriptworks.com/book Train as an academic developmental editor: courses.manuscriptworks.com 10% discount coupon for course: EDITINGPODCAST Join our Patreon community Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community! patreon.com/editingpodcast Denise and Louise Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing Music credit ‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/