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This article provides a personal view of the interactions between authors and book editors regarding the possibility of publishing long books. It describes the parties and issues involved and how both can come to practical decisions regarding publication. The advice is based on the author’s own experience in writing and publishing long books.
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For both, it is a business issue too.
But to be more contemporary, thinking also of recent experiences with James W. Cortada, and currently, a history of IBM.
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I am keeping the name anonymous so as not to embarrass a distinguished editor who is simply reflecting common behavior in his industry.
For a good example, see that of Elizabeth Demers. https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-demers-7387b43/, although her employer, University of Michigan Press, shares nothing about its editors. For a useful example of a press posting sufficient information see Karen Darling at the University of Chicago Press. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/editorbio/kdarling.html. Accessed 22 Oct 2017.
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Cortada, J.W. Authors Versus Editors: A Personal View on Dealing with How Long a Book to Write or Publish. Pub Res Q 33, 392–401 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-017-9557-9
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