Academic vs. Commercial Publishing

Everything I needed to know about putting a commercial book out in the world, I learned from 20 years in academia... not!

Here's my guide to navigating the differences in norms and expectations between the worlds of scholarly articles and commercial books. 

Feel free to reuse with attribution. Click on the image below to download the full-resolution PDF with live links. 

Originally presented at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August 2021. Thanks to Emma Li Johansson of Lilustrations for design. 

Good luck writing! 

Click to download full-resolution PDF. Design by Emma Li Johansson, Lilustrations.