Thesis to Book
What Have I learnt About Publishing So Far?
Have a look at this blog post by @thomsonpat who has more advice than me. @annerhanley has also written an excellent couple of blog posts about publishing her PhD thesis.
What follows are just a few observations based on my experience.
In no particular order, and likely to be added to…
- It takes time
- Research your publishing choices
- Spend time getting your proposal right
- Get a copy editor
- Curb your impatience
- You will continue to find mistakes that make you grimace
- Doing your own index is tedious and time consuming
- You have to work to your publisher’s timeline
- ‘Control F’ has flaws
- You will need to negotiate and compromise with your publisher
- You will just need to accept some things and crack on
- Market yourself shamelessly
- Receiving the jacket design is exciting
- Cutting down your lit. review from thesis to book is a bit tricky
The Special Operations Executive in Burma 1941-1945 
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