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How to... Get your book in print

How to... Get your book in print. Why Publish?. The roads to publishing. Co-author Invited author From scratch!. Co-author. Books take a lot of time extra hands usually welcome ask around and show initiative. Invited author. Need some networking Commissioning Editor Market research

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How to... Get your book in print

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  1. How to...Get your book in print

  2. Why Publish?

  3. The roads to publishing • Co-author • Invited author • From scratch!

  4. Co-author... • Books take a lot of time • extra hands usually welcome • ask around and show initiative

  5. Invited author... • Need some networking • Commissioning Editor • Market research • Competing titles • Will require proposal

  6. From scratch... • Will require most work • Author vs Editor • Niche vs competition • Sell your idea • Senior on board

  7. Developing a book Be inspired! • Proposal • Rationale • Proposed Format • Market Analysis • Audience • Competing textbooks • Price • Proposed Chapters • Author Details • Sample Chapter(s) Write proposal Draft chapters + Co-authors/Editors Sent to reviewers Feedback Offer of contract Recruit other authors Complete chapters Draft to publisher 7-9 months to print and shelf!

  8. Medical ResearchUnderstanding the Studies that Shaped Medicine • Overview of the most influential papers in major topics in medicine • 60+ recognised national/international experts in their field • Each chapter discusses the “top ten” papers in that area • Additional references, key outstanding questions and key research centres • Gives the reader an overall “framework” from which to evaluate new research and form their own hypotheses

  9. Medical ResearchUnderstanding the Studies that Shaped Medicine • Guillain-Barré Syndrome (Hugh Willison, John Goodfellow) • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Alison Simmons, Oliver Brain) • Peptic Ulcer Disease and Helicobacter pylori (Emad El-Omar) • Liver failure (Andrew Burroughs, James O’Beirne) • Haemostasis and Thrombosis (Razi Alhikan) • Inherited Disorders of Haemoglobin (David Weatherall) • Diabetes (Philip Home) • Rheumatoid Arthritis (Jonathan Edwards, Maria Leandro) • Osteoarthritis (Nigel Arden) • Systemic Vasculitides (RaashidLuqmani) • Polycystic Kidney Disease (QiQian) • Glomerulopathies (Robert Unwin, Jenny Papakrivopoulo) • AIDS (Alison Simmons, Tica Pichulik) • Transplantation (Elizabeth Simpson) • Autoimmune Disease (Jonathan Edwards, Geraldine Cambridge) • The Biochemical Basis of Depression (Philip Cowen) • Schizophrenia and the Dopamine Hypothesis (Eve Johnstone, Mandy Johnstone) • Alzheimer’s Disease (Gordon Wilcock) • Population Health (Liam Donaldson, Felix Greaves) • Patient Safety (Liam Donaldson, Douglas Noble) • Heart Failure (Martin R Cowie) • Myocardial Infarction (John McMurray) • Lipids, Dyslipidaemia and Cardiovascular Disease (Gilbert Thompson) • Atrial Fibrilation (Stanley Nattel, Kunihiro Nishida) • Asthma (TakLee, Leonard Siew) • Cystic Fibrosis (Andrew Bush) • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Paul J Barnes, Paul Ford) • Pneumonia (Robert Davies, Eleanor Mishra) • Sarcoidosis (Ling-Pei Ho) • Stroke (Philip Bath, Niki Sprigg) • Parkinson’s Disease (Donald Grosset, Ed Newman) • Epilepsy (Fergus Rugg-Gunn) • Motor Neurone Disease (Kevin Talbot, Martin Turner) • Migraine (Mark Weatherall) • Multiple Sclerosis (Alastair Compston)

  10. Additional Proposals... In progress... “Critical Care Research” Co-editors J.A. Goodfellow, C. Williams - Need sample chapter and senior author - Need authors

  11. Additional Proposals... Up for grabs... “Surgical Research” Co-editors J.A. Goodfellow, ???? - Need co-editor(s) - Need proposal - Need sample chapter and senior author - Need authors

  12. Additional Proposals... Up for grabs... “Oncology Research” Co-editors J.A. Goodfellow, ???? - Need co-editor(s) - Need proposal - Need sample chapter and senior author - Need authors

  13. jagoodfellow@doctors.org.uk www.scionpublishing.com Dr Jonathan Ray Scion Publishing Limited Bloxham Mill Barford Road BloxhamOxfordshire OX15 4FF UK Jonathan.Ray@scionpublishing.com http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/index.html Elizabeth Johnston Wiley-Blackwell Publishers 9600 Garsington RoadCowley, Oxford OX4 2DQ01865 776868 elizabeth.johnston@wiley.com

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