My thesis will be published by Walter de Gruyter in their BZNW series. I just got word yesterday!
This is very exciting, as they are very professional and come highly recommended. Here were the main factors for me to consider in choosing a publisher: I wanted
1) A german publisher because, If I choose to apply for a German von Humboldt fellowship, they like it when candidates have gone with a German verlag.
2) a german publisher because they tend to require little or no corrections (other than typos) and require no limiting of pages (at this point, I want to move on to other projects rather than fine tune my thesis).
3) a nice-looking book. While I like the content in, let’s say, Mohr Siebeck’s work, I think the WUNT II books are very austere and bland in appearance. BZNW, though, is “handsome,” as one person remarked.
4) to do something a little different. People go with WUNT and LNTS for a reason – quick, easy to work with, professional…But, I wanted not just to fade into the crowd.
5) a highly respected, international publisher – and WdG is good.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Congratulations the only down side with German publishers will be the price!
Congrats! The BZNW series are some of the nicest looking books on my shelf. Great choice.
Congratulations, Nijay! I am naturally disappointed that you chose to go with an inferior series, but I am delighted with the fact that it’s coming out 🙂
Great news! Are they requiring any/many corrections/additions with content? Have you taken anything out that appeared in your final thesis draft?
Congrats Nijay! That’s a huge accomplishment.
–John
Way to go Nijay!
congrats!
Congratulations Nijay, that’s great news!