medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
If you are in the UK join the Society of Authors, and get their lawyers to
write on your behalf. The society has an academic authors section and can
offer advice; their latest bulletin also has an article on lead-in times for
publications of all sorts- though as John's post suggests, there are all
sorts of variables.
Laura
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From: "John Briggs" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 20 October 2007 00:28
Subject: Re: [M-R] Another publishing question
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Diana Wright wrote:
>>
>> If a journal had had an article of yours & had said it would be
>> published in May 2006, & if it had said in November it would
>> definitely be in May 2007, & if it no longer answer inquiries, would
>> you have bad thoughts?
>>
>> What should you do?
>
> Depends. There are all sorts of variables: How often is the journal
> published? Is it behind schedule? Is it a commercial publication, or by
> a university press or by a learned society? (The last may not have any
> paid staff...) Have you seen any proofs? How long is the article?
> (Short articles are always useful, as a journal issue has to be a multiple
> of 16 pages, which can be difficult to arrange...)
>
> John Briggs
>
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