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Mason, Thomas A., author.
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Local history -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Local history -- Publishing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Writing local histor...
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Writing local history today : a guide to researching, publishing, and marketing your book / Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent Calder.
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Mason, Thomas A., author.
Lanham : AltaMira Press, A division of Rowman & Littlefield, c2013.
Subjects
Local history -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Local history -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Local history -- Publishing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
ISBN:
9780759119024 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759119023 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759123953 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759123950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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American Association for State and Local History book series.
Description:
xiv, 133 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
1. The consumer: who is your audience? -- 2. Evidence: where do you find it? how do you use it? (research) -- 3. Communication: how do you shape a specialized subject for a nonspecialist audience? (writing) -- 4. Economics, design, and production: how do you produce and market a book that people will pay for? (publishing) -- Appendix 1. Sample author's guidelines -- Appendix 2. Sample contract for an article -- Appendix 3. Sample contract for a book -- Appendix 4. Sample contract with a photographer -- Appendix 5. Sample request for proposal for typesetting and printing a journal -- Appendix 6. Sample request for proposals for writing a book -- Appendix 7. Sample request for proposals for publishing a book -- Appendix 8. Why books cost : a quick lesson in finance for publishers / Gregory M. Britton.
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