How to gracefully back out of a professional commitment you’ve already made, and how to extend grace when you are on the receiving end.
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Best Practices for Writing and Publishing Edited Collections
Learn best practices for publishing edited collections that foster interdisciplinary dialogue and shape diverse scholarly fields.
What to Do When You Get a Scholarly Book Contract
Next steps for authors after receiving a scholarly book contract, including manuscript preparation and marketing.
Ideas on Fire First Book Publishing Series
Join Ideas on Fire and acquisitions editors from leading scholarly presses for a free webinar series that guides you through critical stages of the academic publishing journey for first books.
Getting Started with Image Permissions for Your Book
Image permissions can be overwhelming. Here are some guidelines to get you started as you illustrate your book.
Book Promotion for Introverted Scholars
Book promotion strategies, tips, and options that work with—rather than against—an introverted disposition.
Co-author Writing Routines and Best Practices
How to establish a successful co-author writing routine that coordinates two lives, schedules, and writing styles.
Peer Review Resources for Authors and Reviewers
We’ve gathered some of our favorite peer review resources to help you write better reviews and use reviews you receive more productively.
Crisis Standards of Peer Review
Addressing the peer review crisis with a more manageable process for reviewers, journal editors, and authors alike.
Flexible Plans for Journal Article Publishing
Successful journal article publishing requires a plan that can adapt to changing circumstances and needs. Here’s how to create one.
What to Do with Unfinished Summer Writing
How to glean useable material from your unfinished summer writing projects and turn that material into publishable work.
Building Community through Acknowledgments
How scholars can use acknowledgments pages to build community, recognize intellectual and affective labor, and strengthen genealogies.
Navigating Mid-Career Faculty Service Commitments
How mid-career faculty can prioritize the academic service requests that are most important to them while balancing their time.