Foreword Domna C. Stanton Preface David G. Nicholls 1 SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING Scholars and Scholarly Publishing Refereed and Nonrefereed Publications Deciding to Submit a Manuscript Placing a Manuscript with a Journal Scholarly Journals�� Types of Scholarly Arficles��Selecting a Journal�� Submitting a Manuscript to a Journal��Evaluation of a Manuscript�� Acceptance of a Manuscript Placing a Manuscript with a Press Scholarly Presses�� Types of Scholarly Books�� Selectinga Press�� Submitting a Prospectus for a Book�� Submitting a Manuscript to a Press�� Evaluation of a Manuscript��Acceptance of a Manuscript Production and Publication Copyediting�� Proofreading�� Preparing an Index��Design�� Composition, Printing, Binding, ElectronicProduction�� Marketing Conclusion 2 LEGAL ISSUES IN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING Introduction Copyright Development of Copyright Law in the United States��Subject Matter of Copyright�� Ownership of Copyright��Co ownership of Copyright�� Works Made for Hire�� Material Objects�� Term of Copyright�� Registration of Copyright�� Copyright Notice�� Renewal of Copyright��Rights of Copyright Owners�� Transfers and Terminations��Fair Use of Copyrighted Works�� Requesting Permission��Damages for Copyright Infringement and Attorney's Fees��International Copyright�� Copyright and Computer Networks Publishing Contracts Books�� Journal Articles and Contributions to Edited Works Defamation Libel�� Opinion�� Truth as Defense�� Actual Malice Right of Privacy Emergence of Privacy Law�� Unreasonable Publicity of Private Life�� Publicity Placing Another in a False Light�� Consent as Defense Further Guidance 3 BASICS OF SCHOLARLY WRITING Audience, Genre, and the Conventions of Scholarship Language and Style Spelling Consistency and Choice of Spelling�� Word Division��Plurals�� Accents�� Umlauts�� Ligatures and Other Special Characters Punctuation Purpose of Punctuation�� Commas�� Semicolons��Colons�� Dashes and Parentheses�� Hyphens��Apostrophes�� Quotation Marks�� Square Brackets�� Slashes�� Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points�� Spacing after Concluding Punctuation Marks Italics Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters��Foreign Words in an English Text�� Emphasis Names of Persons First and Subsequent Uses of Names�� Titles of Persons��Names of Authors and Fictional Characters�� Dutch and German Names�� French Names�� Greek Names�� Hungarian Names�� Italian Names�� Russian Names��Spanish Names�� Latin Names�� Asian Names�� Names in Other Languages Capitalization ���� 4 PREPARATION OF SCHOLARLY MANUSCRIPTS 5 PREPARATION OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS 6 DOCUMENTATION: PREPARING THE LIST OF 7 DOCUMENTATION: CITING SOURCES IN THE TEXT 8 ABBREVIATIONS