tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post5870488500567618684..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: People,Sisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-16920466760290797142009-03-03T18:59:00.000-08:002009-03-03T18:59:00.000-08:00EW! Sounds like a dreadful "roundtable." I hate ro...EW! Sounds like a dreadful "roundtable." I hate roundtables. For some reason, when I read THAT word, all I can think of are knights and kings, lords and ladies.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I hope your roundtable at least had some free snacks and drinks.orthohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475048083814392914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-59527651596182014962009-03-03T17:46:00.000-08:002009-03-03T17:46:00.000-08:00(grr, my comment earlier did not post!)Historiann,...(grr, my comment earlier did not post!)<BR/><BR/>Historiann, I've actually seen Germano speak (not MLA --- so it must have been another conference? huh.) and he is very smart and funny. He was the acquisitions editor for Routledge for a very long time, and now he's at... uh, somewhere. I forget. But it would have been nice to compare his general remarks to those of other editors ... if editors had _been there_ at this bait-and-switch workshop. Gah!Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-77806859490529186492009-03-03T10:01:00.000-08:002009-03-03T10:01:00.000-08:00Seriously???Seriously???~profgrrrrl~https://www.blogger.com/profile/15280731948424317624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-33540209351185351732009-03-03T08:15:00.000-08:002009-03-03T08:15:00.000-08:00Bwahaha! That's just silly.I never read Germano--...Bwahaha! That's just silly.<BR/><BR/>I never read Germano--never heard of him, in fact--but it can't hurt, right? (And you know that he at least got ONE book published, right?) <BR/><BR/>Publishing is always changing rapidly, and publishers are nervous right now about what the shaky economy will mean for their budgets. I think that talking to acquisitions editors about your book project in detail is also a great way to go--since they're the people who will ultimately either greenlight your project or turn you down. Getting a sense of what the decision-makers are looking for isn't a bad idea.<BR/><BR/>Historiann.comHistoriannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615954696251174822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-34871546865264418222009-03-03T07:11:00.000-08:002009-03-03T07:11:00.000-08:00Wow. That's bad. (And oddly self-important, right...Wow. That's bad. (And oddly self-important, right?) Like Dr. Crazy, I trusted to Germano--in fact, if I recall correctly the only "how to turn your dissertation into a book" event I went to was one featuring him.Jason B. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215925236220297678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-80859258782924714252009-03-03T06:03:00.000-08:002009-03-03T06:03:00.000-08:00are you kidding me? dude.are you kidding me? dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-10226834091522722462009-03-03T04:55:00.000-08:002009-03-03T04:55:00.000-08:00UGH! FWIW, I went to no such meetings - ever. I ...UGH! FWIW, I went to no such meetings - ever. I just read every book about it that's out there, most notably the Germano book From Dissertation to Book. Just get your hands on a copy of that and avoid any such meetings in future!Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.com