tailieunhanh - Writing for Publication part 12

While you may not see a precise picture of yourself, we hope that you will be able to identify things that you have in common with one or more of our characters to help you see how you might use the book. | Publishing Books and in Books 101 Sometimes a piece of writing will come in and it will be a horror story. You should give detailed and constructive feedback and give the author s at least one opportunity to get it right. If it comes back and is still unacceptable then you may decide that the book really doesn t need it and reject it politely. If you do this you should however give further detailed feedback to the author s . If the topic of the chapter is crucial to the integrity of the book you can either substantially rewrite it yourself or persuade an alternative author whom you are confident in to contribute a chapter on the topic. Rosa and Gertrude were editing a book that was likely to be extremely important and influential in their area. The chapter they received from one key contributor was wholly unacceptable. However the book would be seriously weakened if it did not address the issues raised in it. They felt they had no alternative but to substantially rewrite it themselves. This required careful negotiation with the original author and the editors in the interests of diplomacy decided to leave his name alone on the piece. The book was subsequently very influential and the rewritten chapter became one of the most frequently cited pieces from the book. The original author sadly used his supposed sole authorship of the chapter to his career advantage. The second question to ask yourself when reviewing the piece is whether it fits with the themes and remit of the book as a whole. If it is problematic in this regard you may want to remind the authors to look back at the proposal to the publisher which you will have sent them at the outset and which will have included all the abstracts. Feedback should be multilateral. That is it should not be confined to a dialogue between you and each individual author. All the authors need to know about important themes and developments in others work so that they can reflect and reflect on them in their own drafts. You .