Rejected? Help is at hand for wannabe bestsellers

Article Abstract:

Anthony Haynes has set up the Professional and Higher Partnership which offers half-day workshops to university departments to help academics secure book deals. Haynes provides academics with advice, acting almost like a literary agent to recommend suitable publishers, scrutinising scripts and helping with contract negotiations.

Book Publishing, Education, Study and teaching, Scholars

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Flying off the shelves faster than Dan Brown

Article Abstract:

Russell Stannard, senior lecturer in multimedia at Westminster University, has sold over 100 million copies of his English textbook, twice the global sales of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, but has made only GBP 30,000 from the sales. The textbook is a teachers' guide to an English course for Chinese children.

Sales & consumption, Market size

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Shelf-made wealth of textbook tycoons

Article Abstract:

Academics can raise annual salaries by tends of thousands of pounds through production of undergraduate textbooks in subjects such as law, management and natural sciences. The top successful academic writers are listed.

Authors, Writers, Economic aspects, Rankings

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