Imagine this exciting scenario: You have just completed your thesis and your committee has judged your research to be an important contribution to your field. The logical next step is to publish your thesis as a book, right? But where? Rarely are academic theses in their entirety considered “worthy” candidates for full-book publishing support, as the … Read the full story

Guest blog by Marieke Krijnen, freelance (book) editor, active on Peerwith. A client of mine wrote a book proposal based on her dissertation, sent it to a publisher, and was invited to submit the manuscript for a round of peer review. She contacted me after she had gotten the book back with comments and asked … Read the full story

Guest blog by Josh Pennington, freelance (book) editor, active on Peerwith. When I completed my PhD in Linguistics in 2011, I can’t tell you how many emails I received from so called “publishers”, asking me to consider submitting my dissertation for guaranteed publication. When I asked my advisor whether they were trustworthy, he told me … Read the full story

Our mission is to be the leading freelancer platform in researcher services; connecting experts across the world, aiding collaboration and improving the quality of academic work. To date we have achieved this through our own peer-to-peer marketplace (www.peerwith.com), and via partnerships with publishers, societies and funders. Over the last year we have seen an acceleration … Read the full story

Iguana Books is a Canadian hybrid publishing house. Iguana wants to give every author the opportunity to publish not just a book, but the best book they can. Iguana publishes quality books that look good and read well. Here’s what makes Iguana Books unique: Quality: As a publishing services company, we’ve been editing and designing books … Read the full story