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Being a Successful Author of an Academic Monograph Online
This workshop will provide an overview of best practices for graduate students who will be conceptualizing, pitching, contracting, and then publishing a first academic monograph. The process to contract and beyond will be broken down into its constituent parts and guidance will be offered so as to increase chances of success at each stage. Common misconceptions will be addressed, and routine faux pas will be highlighted so as give participants advantage in the academic literary marketplace. Handouts/take-away files will be distributed, and the detailed discussions will be situated in the context of the larger economy of higher education.
Michael J. McGandy is director of University of South Carolina Press. Prior to arriving at USC, he worked at Cornell University Press, where he was Senior Editor and Editorial Director of the Three Hills imprint. He has also worked in commercial publishing at Macmillan Library Reference/Gale Group, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, and W. W. Norton & Company.
- Date:
- Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Time:
- 1:15pm - 2:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Presenter:
- Michael McGandy
- Sponsor:
- Digital Research Services
- Audience:
- All Experience Levels
- Categories:
- Publishing & Digital Scholarship SHARPGrads Elective
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.