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Why write a book?
Book writing
Becoming a book author or editor can be a useful career move and help position you as an expert in your field. In this series of book writing modules, we explore the various ways you can become involved in book publishing and what you should consider before taking that step.
If books prove to be the right path for you, we offer advice on the various types available, the process of writing a book proposal, and how to identify the right publisher. Once your book finally hits the shelves, you’ll want to maximize discoverability – we show you how.
What you will learn
- Why you should publish a book
- Advice on writing a compelling proposal
- Ideas for promoting your work
Why write a book?
Find out why it’s time to think about adding ‘book author’ to your CV.
How to get your book published
How to write a compelling book proposal and increase your chances of getting that all important ‘yes’.
Discoverability: top tips to get your book out there
Discoverability – we determine what it means and how it can help your book reach the right readers.Topic
Topic
- Certified Peer Reviewer Course
- Job search
- Finding the right journal
- Career planning
- Social impact
- Research collaborations
- Book writing
- Writing skills
- (-) Publishing in the Chemical Sciences
- Open science
- Funding
- (-) Career guidance
- (-) Fundamentals of manuscript preparation
- (-) Ensuring visibility
- Becoming a peer reviewer
- Research data management
- Fundamentals of publishing
- Fundamentals of peer review
- Ethics
- Technical writing skills
- Going through peer review
Type
Language
Language
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