Simon blogs regular updates on the Press, our Themes, forthcoming titles and other (mis)adventures in the world of publishing.
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Read a sample of Eden’s Alternative to Appeasement
As we mentioned last week, Eden’s Alternative to Appeasement is now available to buy in paperback and ebook. This week we also released the hardback, so do encourage your library to buy a copy!…
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Why you should consider being a reviewer
Over the past few weeks we’ve talked about how the proposal review process sits at the core of academic book publishing. The entire process depends upon academics giving up their time to enter into…
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Responding to reviews
Last week I wrote about what the review process is for, this week I’m going to talk about the response stage. This is the part of the process where we send you your reviews,…
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Why do we review book proposals?
One of the things we’ve had to consider quite carefully at Tithebarn Press, is what the function of reviews is in our publishing and how we go about undertaking them. I’m delighted to say…
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How (not) to Write your Book Proposal
I’ve written previously about when to propose your book and of course you can always refer to our book proposal form as well as our guidance notes to help you complete it . After…
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Five Tips for Writing your Manuscript
This is in an area where I’ve picked up quite a few tips over the years. As always with such things your mileage may vary and there is no right way to go about…
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When is the right time to talk to a publisher?
For some readers, the answer to this might seem obvious, or irrelevant. At a certain point in your career you can have the confidence that whenever you’re ready to talk to a book publisher…
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So, why should I write a book?
This is a question that, as a Commissioning Editor, I was asked with some frequency. It’s easy when your job is to commission books to take it for granted that writing and publishing books…
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What exactly are “Rigorous Readable Books”?
When we were first trying to articulate the kind of books we wanted to publish “rigorous” and “readable” was the most succinct form of words we could come up with. As you can see…
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What Personalisation Means (to us)
If you’ve read through our brief summary of why you should publish with us, you’ll have seen a reference to our personalised approach to publishing. Sure, that sounds great – who wants an impersonal…
