Regional Publications

Regional Publications
The guest speaker, Dr. Tom Riley, had an interesting presentation. From the guest speaker and the North Dakota State University Humanities and Social Science websites, I learned that writing a book is a long process and need patient, As a future author, I learned the importance of collaboration among authors, publishers, and reviewers and other personnel who are tied to publishing business. Authors also should keep the original manuscript for further editing. In addition, they are expected to promote their book.
“The decision may be acceptance (generally with some revisions expected prior to publication), rejection, or return to author with suggestions for revisions and invitation to re-submit. It is the intention of the Institute, almost always realized, to give this decision to the author within three months of submission. Whatever the decision, manuscripts are returned to authors along with the anonymous reviewer comments.” North Dakota State University website
From this article, I have learned that writing a book is a long process. An author’s job doesn’t end after he finishes writing his manuscript and submits it to a publisher. He might receive the manuscript back to make necessary changes after being reviewed by reviewers. I also learned to publish a better book for readers, authors, publishers, reviewers, and other personnel who are tied to publishing business should work hand to hand to publish quality work for readers. They should exchange contact information: phone numbers, mailing address and emails of each other to communicate effectively when needed.
As the guest speaker stated, “Authors should be prepared to submit, along with hard copy, a word-processed version of the work after it is accepted and necessary revisions have been made.” Therefore authors should save their work before submitting it to access it later to make necessary changes. This saves them from writing the manuscript again.
Authors should be patient because it takes a minimum of six months to publish a book in North Dakota State University and more than a year for New Rivers Press. Because the book must be reviewed by reviewers and the editors then returned back to the author with evaluations of the reviewers to make changes. As the Submission Manuscript for Consideration section of the NDSU website stated, in addition to writing the manuscript and proofreading authors are expected to market their books.
The Guidelines for Reviewers of Manuscripts section of the website stated all the important stuffs that reviewers has to know before starting reviewing. I recommend authors to read this section before submitting their work to familiarize themselves with the requirements and make necessary changes before submitting their work to save time and possible rejections. Manuscripts should be logically organized, readable, coherent, clear, interesting, supportable, accurate, and marketable. The author also must make sure his work gives substantive contribution to the public by promoting knowledge and a cultural consciousness among the general population and the academic community.