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Contents
Introduction: Introducing the Expert vii
1 Developing Your Project: The Criteria for a Book 1
2 Designing Your Book: The Initial Structure 7
3 Writing Your Proposal: The Expert’s Portfolio 17
4 Investigating Your Publishing Options: The Search for a Partner 31
5 Launching Your Charm Offensive: Proposal Submission and
Peer Review 45
6 Understanding Your Publishing Contract: The Author–Publisher
Partnership 57
7 Drafting Your Manuscript: Performance and Presen ta tion 69
8 Presenting Your Evidence: Quotations, Images, Tables, and Graphs 81
9 Preparing Your Final Manuscript: The Components of a Book 101
