Authoring books and materials for students, academics, and professionals /
Franklin H. Silverman.
- x, 161 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-156) and index.
Preface -- Qualifications Necessary for Authoring a Textbook or Other Academic or Professional Book or Material -- Potential Benefits and Losses: Financial and Other -- Choosing a Publisher -- Proposals -- Negotiating a Publishing Contract and a Joint Collaboration Agreement -- Doing the Project -- How Textbooks and Other Educational and Professional Books and Materials Are Marketed -- Tax and Other Business Implications of Authorship -- A Representative Book Proposal -- A Representative Joint Collaboration Agreement -- Permission Forms -- Textbook Features That College Students Do and Don't Find Helpful -- Standard Proof Correction Notation -- Common Characteristics of Best-Selling Textbooks -- References and Resources -- Index. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D. App. E. App. F.