Below are links to articles and videos that offer practical advice for publishing articles and books:
Book editors weigh in on questions that authors commonly ask:
1) What type of guidance should an author expect in working with an editor?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2018/05/10/editors-edit/
2) How long does it usually take to get reviews back on a manuscript?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2018/08/08/review-time/
3) How should authors think about potential reviewers to suggest to presses?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2018/09/12/ask-editor-suggesting-reviewers/
4) How do authors submit to multiple presses without offending editors?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2018/10/13/multiple-press-submissions/
5) How should authors transform already published articles into book chapters?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2018/12/06/transforming-articles-chapters/
6) Dissertations are often made available online through, for instance, Proquest. How does this potentially impact the publishing process (of books based on dissertations)?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2019/02/19/ask-editor-disse…ons-versus-books/
7) What sort of questions should first time authors ask editors that they often don’t?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2019/03/21/ask-editor-good-questions/
8) When should an author first contact an editor?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2019/04/25/ask-editor-initiate-contact/
9) Would you recommend that first authors try to get an advance contract? Why or why not?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2019/05/25/pros-cons-advance-contracts/
10) How many chapters of a book can be already in print as articles?
11) What is the difference between a series editor and press editor?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2019/07/26/press-editor-series-editor/
12) How long should a nervous author wait before asking an editor if the manuscript’s reviews are in yet?
http://linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2019/08/22/ask-editor-contact-editor-whether-reviews/
What to Know about Approaching Editors at Major Conferences
https://www-chronicle-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/article/What-to-Know-When-You-Approach/247571/
Note: This may be behind a paywall — let campsemiotics@gmail.com know and we will try to fix this.
Niko Besnier and Pablo Morales discuss how to publish in American Ethnologist:
https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/amet.12629
Priya Nelson’s (U. of Chicago Press) guide to organizing a book workshop:
https://cissr.uchicago.edu/sites/cissr.uchicago.edu/files/CISSR_Book-Workshop-Guide.pdf
Jonathan Sterne’s collection of advice for professionalizing in media and communication studies:
http://sterneworks.org/Academe
Advice and examples of conference abstracts, grant applications, etc.
Yale panel on turning your dissertation into a book:
