From dissertation to book / William Germano.

By:

Germano, William P, 1950

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Series: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishingPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.Description: x, 141 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0226288455 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226288463 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

808.02 22

LOC classification:

PN 162 G373f 2005

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Contents:

Why this book -- Getting started, again -- Nagging doubts -- The basic options -- Reading with an editor's eyes -- Planning and doing -- Getting into shape -- Making prose speak -- What happens next.

Summary: The essential guide for academic writers who want to revise a doctoral thesis for publication, this resource offers clear guidance on rethinking the table of contents, taming runaway footnotes, shaping chapter length, and confronting the limitations of jargon.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.

Why this book -- Getting started, again -- Nagging doubts -- The basic options -- Reading with an editor's eyes -- Planning and doing -- Getting into shape -- Making prose speak -- What happens next.

The essential guide for academic writers who want to revise a doctoral thesis for publication, this resource offers clear guidance on rethinking the table of contents, taming runaway footnotes, shaping chapter length, and confronting the limitations of jargon.

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