Reviews

The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors by Laura Portwood-Stacer

aksyring's review against another edition

5.0

Love this book! Not only is it essential for anyone writing a book, especially in the humanities or social sciences, it is a great read for those of us who work with those scholars. It helped me to think through their process and how I can best facilitate it.

kjrq's review

4.0

The book has good information. I found Getting it Published to be a better guide for my purposes.


Also the audiobook narration is not the right tone for this book so I highly recommend reading rather than listening.

dallinkohler's review

5.0

Exactly what I needed.

thebigq's review

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Great overview of the academic book publishing process. Reminded me too of things I knew but hadn't considered. Easy to read, lots of good examples. 

hannahackermans's review

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

jambermcd's review

5.0

Absolutely essential read for anyone who is confused about or seeking guidance on scholarly book proposals. The most practical and concrete advice I've seen collected into one volume. Demystified the process and made proposal-writing seem so much less intimidating. Spread the word of this book to anyone who might benefit from it!

cl1ch3's review

5.0

Helpful guide to publishing with academic presses. Hope to put the suggestions to the test someday soon!