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How to Title Your Academic Book: Lessons from 188 Monographs Many authors are told their academic book title needs work, but not how to fix it. Write a strong monograph title, based on lessons from 188 books.

You have an academic manuscript (almost) ready to send out, but now it needs a title... Such great research-based advice from @katelynknox.bsky.social here: dissertationtobook.com/titles/

@sag111.bsky.social

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History

I've gotten that too. "Your granddaughter is..." The irony is that her mom is only a year younger than I am. But yes, I still know exactly WHO IT WAS THAT SAID THIS.

it's job application season in academia. If you need last-minute developmental editing to get your humanities sample chapter or research proposal in order, I have some room in my schedule. I offer discounts for self-pay and grad students. #academicsky

Oh the cursed day hath come where I'm forced to upgrade to Windows 11 (with co-pilot! as if that's an advantage). Except my existing PC (that works just fine!) has been determined incapable of handling it so I guess I need a new one of those too, pronto.

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All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions.

Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M

According to Wikipedia, ultimate source to look up some knowledge or to create some*, puce is the color of the flea.
*(paraphrased from St. Colbert)

Ah c'est génial ma puce!
(I didn't know there was an English word puce)

This looks like a wonderful resource as you are navigating the process of publishing your first book. And it's free!

A great opportunity for those working on an academic book, especially if it's the first (based on your dissertation)! Get the zoom link on Allison's profile.

Solidarity. And the youngest is still in private half-day preK (since our town doesn't offer the free preK that's universally offered 😭) and doesn't start until September 8! They scheduled "open house" to "ease the students in" and the open house is literally just an hour-long meet&greet on Sep 4 🙄

How to Publish a Book from Your Dissertation Learn how to reframe your dissertation project so publishers will see it as an appealing future book. This webinar will explain what scholarly publishers are looking for in new books and how to increa...

My free one-hour workshop, How to Publish a Book from Your Dissertation, is coming up on September 3.

Learn what academic presses are looking for when they acquire a new book project and how to avoid the dreaded “we don’t publish dissertations” rejection

courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/diss...

Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

Ugh I hate it when I leave things at places. Like this morning, I left the head of broccoli and cucumber I bought at the farmers' market. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

I shook Barack Obama's hand once, so yeah. And I briefly worked for the office of someone who later became a government official in the Netherlands so there are probably some short lines there too.

Promo image. Indexes explained for non-indexers. Proofreading gets faster and easier once you understand how indexes really work. Jolanta Komornicka. Instructor.

Indexes for non-indexers! Aimed at proofreaders, but anyone who looks at indexes and has reason to edit them (say, reviewing an index you hired out for) can get a lot out of this. I cover the best ways to edit an index.

community.the-efa.org/events/Event...

#edibuddies #IndexSky #academicsky #EFA

Katelyn and I run plenty of paid workshops, but we know well that not everyone can afford things like that. So we're committed to giving free workshops and making them available to watch. Here's one about book arguments!

In her latest newsletter, Emily Doucet is saying something I tell authors ALL THE TIME: "your argument needs to be a specific claim about the materials — your evidence — described in your manuscript."

And guess what: Emily has a step-by-step method for examining that evidence, with a worksheet!

AAAND you can still do work? Wow! I have a half-sick 4 y/o and a maybe-getting-sick 7 y/o at home and I just sent them to their rooms for "quiet time" so I can catch my breath...

count the white male faces!

Op-ed: ‘Even God cannot hear us here’: What I witnessed inside an ICE women’s prison - The Tufts Daily On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and hungry. It was the holy month of Ramadan, and I was fasting. Once finished, I qu...

I'm letting Rumeysa's words speak for themselves:

www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...

This looks wonderful. I'm no longer in the classroom but this sounds great for an introductory literature seminar or first-year seminar

I wonder if it's feasible to compare reading a chapter in a digital version and one in print? Like digitize a chapter or 2 for folks who normally read print books, and provide paper copies for those who use e-readers or a screen?

ugh. I survived in the Philly 'burbs for 3 years without a car. Yes, my workplace was bikeable, yes, I had generous friends with cars, yes, my then-boyfriend had a car, but I depended on the train to go into the city at least twice a week. Can't imagine depending on the train for a daily commute now

@closereadingie.bsky.social Something to cheer you up. My 7 y/o is very into flags, and got a new book about flags of the world. He went right for the index. "The Index is 5 pages long!!!" "New Jersey page xxx! It's in here!" "There's an entry about yurts!" A 7 y/o discovering the joy of indexing.

Ooooh! I lived in an apartment* that Mr. Big (SATC) was interested in buying. The realtor gave me permission to stay home one day when he wanted to come see it again. We exchanged a few words. He didn't buy the apartment.
* a whole other story

today at 12pm Pacific, so 3pm Eastern. I'd be happy to answer questions afterwards

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This thread is so depressing. If you're negotiating with a publisher about your book, stipulate you want a human copyeditor, preferably one of your own choice or in-house.

Solidarity. I applied for a high-school teaching job and even got an interview. But then I was swiftly rejected (probably for lack of certification among other reasons), and while it bruised my ego, it's probably a blessing.