A few months ago, I polled my Twitter followers to ask what factor most held them back from submitting their book proposal to an academic publisher. Some said a lack of knowledge about the process, ...

If you want to publish a book, the first thing you’ll need to do is to put together a book proposal. Follow these 4 steps to craft one publishers will love. Most executives, however, are hoping to ...

Minimum distribution rules apply to employer sponsored tax-favored retirement plans and to IRAs. In general, under these rules, distributions must begin no later than the required beginning date and a ...

After a lengthy hiatus caused by other obligations, I am back with the third installment in my series of posts about how how to publish an academic book. In Part I, I summarized the criteria that can ...

In a column last February, I described the six main elements of a book proposal: overview, competition, market, author description, table of contents, and sample chapter. But I focused on one of ...

As a former acquisitions editor at a publishing company, I well remember the ritual wherein executives gathered in a conference room armed with their tabbed notebooks. Once a month, department leaders ...

I’ve never given birth before, but... ... after I “gave birth to” my first book, I said, “Oh heck no, this shop is closed for business for a while” in the ...

The Code defines “executor” for purposes of the estate tax to be the person who is appointed, qualified, and acting within the United States as executor or administrator of the decedent’s estate or, ...

The ‘Scandal’ star’s memoir, ‘Thicker Than Water,’ was published in 2023 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Abby Stern ...

An interesting concept is not enough to guarantee your book will get published. In crafting a pitch, it helps to be succinct and targeted and to show an ability to deliver In 2019 I got ...

At the seventh weekly DSG meeting of the term, senators approved funding for a book bank program to increase course material ...