A Guide to Academic Writing - by Jeffrey Cantor (Paperback)

About the Book

This book is a comprehensive guide to academic writing and publishing. It approaches the subject from a descriptive foundation for understanding academic tenure and promotion decisionmaking. The book then treats the considerations for selecting the avenues open to an academic for publishing: conference papers, grants, journals, scholarly books, texts, and popular or trade books. Each avenue is given a chapter-length discussion. Electronic media is also described in detail. Finally, Cantor offers a view of the marketing of a book product.

Book Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive guide to academic writing and publishing. It approaches the subject from a descriptive foundation for understanding academic tenure and promotion decisionmaking. The book then treats the considerations for selecting the avenues open to an academic for publishing: conference papers, grants, journals, scholarly books, texts, and popular or trade books. Each avenue is given a chapter-length discussion. Electronic media is also described in detail. Finally, Cantor offers a view of the marketing of a book product.

Review Quotes

?It is a pleasure to read a book with a clearly stated point of view, and one that is written by an author who is in command of the subject matter and writes with a readable style.?-Publishing Research Quarterly

?Jeffrey A. Cantor has covered a broad range of publishing opportunities. ... A Guide to Academic Writing is well-written and easy to understand. Anyone contemplating writing for publication should consider this text an important reference of writing and publishing techniques.?- NACADA

"It is a pleasure to read a book with a clearly stated point of view, and one that is written by an author who is in command of the subject matter and writes with a readable style."-Publishing Research Quarterly

"Jeffrey A. Cantor has covered a broad range of publishing opportunities. ... A Guide to Academic Writing is well-written and easy to understand. Anyone contemplating writing for publication should consider this text an important reference of writing and publishing techniques."- NACADA

About the Author

JEFFREY A. CANTOR is Associate Professor of Adult Education and Corporate Training, Lehman College, City University of New York. Among Professor Cantor's earlier book and journal publications is A History of the Public Debt in the United States (Praeger, 1989).