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Should I Do an Edited Collection?


What is your opinion about edited collections? (Humanities) - Reddit

I'm in Classics, and for us there's nothing intrinsically bad about publishing in edited collections as long as they're well edited and ...

Should I Do an Edited Collection? - - The Professor Is In

No. Let me say it again: No. Let's put it a different way: You: But, it's just the papers from a conference panel. Is it ok then? Me: No.

Edited volumes as acts of resistance - The Philosophers' Cocoon

The editor makes careful judgments about who to invite for such a volume. The author can think about the aims of the whole, even the other ...

Best Practices for Writing and Publishing Edited Collections

Edited collections can play a major role in defining a field (e.g., Real Life in Real Time and Queer Game Studies), can shake up existing ...

You should never, ever, edit a volume and other blanket early career ...

Second, editing volumes is valuable experience to help one get acquainted and gain further expertise in the norms of our profession. You learn ...

How to get your edited volume published - Manuscript Works

While many scholars like the idea of working on edited volumes, there's a perception out there that they can be a “hard sell” to scholarly ...

In Defense of the Edited Collection - Social Science Space

As a form of academic publishing, the edited collection has had a bad press. Widely supposed to contain lesser work than scholarly journals, ...

Pros and Cons of being an editor for an edited book volume

@user3571389 -- your best resource is going to be your colleagues. They will eventually have to decide about your tenure and can tell you what ...

Why I'm Glad I Worked on an Edited Collection - The Junto

After first drafts, I tried to be really clear about what changes I thought an author needed to make, and I did the same after we received our ...

How does a book chapter in an edited volume compare to a peer ...

Like a lot of things in academia, I think this will heavily depend on what discipline you're in. In computer science for example, ...

Should I contribute to an edited collection? - katherine fusco

It can be hard to understand the status and significance of an edited collection. This post offers some cautions and key questions to ...

The pros and cons of editing a collection of essays - University Affairs

To make matters worse, edited books can take forever to publish (Adam's co-edited book took over seven years to move from conception to ...

Should I do an edited collection? Advice to Authors - Legal History Blog

Moral? Don't contribute to volumes where the point/purpose is not clear. Edited volumes, like everything, should have an argument, say something ...

Editing books is hard, and important, work. Let us stop pretending ...

In sum, editing a volume is a gratifying yet time-consuming and stressful endeavour that, when done with care, can be as if not more demanding ...

two big hassles in editing a book, and what you can do about them

This post focuses on the necessities of book editing. I'm writing about two big problems, not because I think that they should be enough to put you off.

What makes a good edited volume? - Ask UP - Knowledge Commons

Editing a collection can be a rewarding opportunity to collaborate with peers, build community, and facilitate conversations in your field.

Edited Collections | McGill-Queen's University Press

Edited collections can make excellent books if they are conceived thoughtfully and managed well. The key is to develop the strength of an edited collection.

Academic Book Publishing: Editing Collections

As with many book projects, potential book editors should consider sending a brief email query to a publisher; this early effort can save you ...

Editing an Essay Collection - Palgrave Macmillan

Will it make a significant contribution to the literature? Does it have a “CV-building” purpose? Would a special issue of a scholarly journal be a better outlet ...

How can I propose and publish an edited volume? - Ask UP

Although they can be a great way to bring together valuable expertise on a topic, edited volumes can be challenging as a marketing and sales proposition.