edited Book

Edited books have a specific theme, topic, or subject area, and many authors contribute the content.The editor has to work hard to make it publishable. If you are one such editor planning to publish your edited book, here is a complete guide to help you:

Pre-preparations

Identifying the book’s subject domain, selecting the publisher, invitingthe prospective authors,selecting co-editors, and appointing the expert reviewers are the prerequisites. Make a time budget for these starts making the final draft of the book ready for publishing.

Shortlist Co-editors and experienced reviewers

Co-editors can help in editing and final layout of the book. The reviewers’can give their expert comments and enrich the content quality and relevance to the subject domain.

Invite contributing Chapters

Now it is time to invite authors for their contribution. Convey the topics, guidelines, and timeline to them. Be sure that the assistance from the authors that you receive is as per the topic and editorial integrity.

Be in contact with your publisher.

It is essential to know about the copyright procedures, suitability of the title for publication, marketing plan, royalty, quality guidelines, etc.

Collect, review, accept and edit the chapters.

As an editor, you will have to review the chapters that you receive from the authors. You may ask for corrections or modifications if necessary. Edit the same and accept the content chapter after a vigorous quality and plagiarism check.

Submit the final draft

Prepare a draft of the edited content in a final order with the support of the publisher’s editorial team. Once approved, the team will now take over from here, and your expertly edited book will be published.

Publishing your edited book will be a fun ride and a matter of pride if you have the support of an excellent team of authors, co-editors, reviewers, and publishers.