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- NBN Book of the Day
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- New Books with Miranda Melcher
- On the Cusp: Between Strategy and Ethics
- Postscript: Conversations on Politics and Political Science
- Practical History
- Preparing for Life After Grad School
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- The Chair: In The Room at the Fed
- Oceanic Studies
About Avi Staiman
Avi Staiman is the founder and managing director of Academic Language Experts, a company dedicated to assisting academic scholars to translate, edit, and prepare their research for publication. Avi has helped thousands of scholars share their invaluable research in prestigious academic fora around the world.NBN Episodes hosted by Avi:
March 1, 2025
Key Components of a Winning Book Proposal
In this episode of Publish My Book, we break down the key components of a strong book proposal. We discuss essential elements like a well-structured t…
February 28, 2025
Conquering the Peer Review Stage
In this episode of Publish My Book, we explore the peer review process for book manuscripts. We discuss how securing an acquisitions editor’s support …
February 27, 2025
Presenting Yourself to Acquisitions Editors
In this episode of Publish My Book, we dive into how to approach acquisitions editors with confidence and clarity. We discuss their role in the publis…
February 26, 2025
Transforming Your Dissertation Into a Book
In this episode of Publish My Book, we explore how to transform a dissertation into a compelling book. We begin by examining the key differences betwe…
February 25, 2025
Demystifying Indexing
In this episode of Publish My Book, we explore the essential role of a well-crafted book index in academic publishing. A good index helps readers easi…
February 24, 2025
Understanding Open Access Publishing
In this episode of Publish My Book, we explore open-access publishing, a model designed to make publicly funded research freely available to everyone.…
June 21, 2024
Crafting a Winning Book Proposal - The Prospectus
In the fifth episode of Publish My Book, Avi completes his deep dive into the book proposal by zooming in on the prospectus. Avi breaks down the key c…
June 20, 2024
Crafting a Winning Book Proposal
In the fourth episode of Publish My Book, Avi breaks down the core components of a winning book proposal and identifies key questions you should be ab…
June 19, 2024
Conducting a Market Analysis of Your Research to Lay the Groundwork for Your Book Proposal
In the third episode of Publish My Book, Avi dives into one of the most important stages of the publishing journey: writing the book proposal. Avi pos…
June 18, 2024
Commercial Versus University Presses
In the second episode of Publish My Book, Avi Staiman explores how to determine if your research is best suited for a commercial or university press a…
June 17, 2024
Key Tips to Identifying Your Target Publisher
In the first episode of Publish My Book, Avi Staiman offers strategic tips for identifying your target publisher, including: understanding where other…
November 29, 2023
How Did Academic Monograph Publishing Evolve into the Field of Intellectual Trade Books?
Chris Hart, Director of Sales and Marketing, and Kim Walker, Director of Trade Publishing at Manchester University Press join Avi to discuss how MUP a…
August 19, 2023
Academic Publishers Grapple with Advances in AI
Niko Pfund joins the podcast to discuss the value of scientific content for building out Large Language Models and some of the challenges around track…
May 31, 2023
Efficient Academic Writing
Mushtaq Bilal is an academic, content creator, thought leader, and public intellectual. Mushtaq discusses how he built an audience of more than 185,00…
April 4, 2023
Has Peer Review Hit a Point of No Return?
Vivian Berghahn joins to discuss what is broken with the peer review system in general, how it impacts book publishing, and some creative solutions fo…
March 28, 2023
The Many Kinds of Editing it Takes to Bring a Book to Print
Alessandra Anzani, Editorial Director, Academic Studies Press, talks about the steps that authors need to take to bring their manuscripts to publicati…
March 18, 2023
The Challenge of AI to Publishing
Sally Wilson, VP of Publishing at Emerald opens up about the challenges publishers are facing in contending with the onset of the mass adoption of AI …
March 11, 2023
Publishing Science
"It is not only for science to give to publishing, but the time has come for publishing to start giving back to science." Tiffany Gasbarrini explain…
March 6, 2023
Open Access in Humanities Publishing
Irene Van Rossum and Avi do a deep dive into how Open Access works (or doesn't work) in the context for book manuscripts in the Humanities. Listeners …
March 4, 2023
Decolonizing American Spanish
Jeffrey joins the podcast to discuss the prevalence of English in the academic ecosystem and in research publishing. Jeffrey critiques the lackadaisic…
March 2, 2023
Profitability and University Press Publishing
Alan Harvey, Director of Stanford University Press, sits with Avi to discuss why it is so challenging for scholars to write and publish books and to d…
February 21, 2023
Making Open Access Work for Both Readers and Authors
Ben Denne (Director of Publishing, Academic Books, Cambridge UP) joins Avi to discuss how Open Access quickly became a predominant form of academic pu…
February 19, 2023
From Manufacturing Floor to University Press Editorial Director
Eric Schwartz joins Avi for a fascinating discussion about the relationship between Columbia University and the Press and how they bounced back after …
February 8, 2023
The Art of Translating Academic Research
Jennifer Crewe talks about how translation became a key component of the Columbia University Press publishing program and how the press decides which …