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For general reading about the publishing industry
Herbert S. Bailey, Jr. "The Art & Science of Book Publishing", Ohio University Press (Athens), 1990. ISBN 0-8214-0970-0
Jonathan Kirsch. "Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law: for Authors, Publishers, Editors and Agents", Acrobat Books (Los Angeles), 1995. ISBN 0-918226-33-3
For specialized advice for academic writers
"A Guide to Scholarly Publishing in Canada / Guide de l'edition savante au Canada", Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, Canadian Federation for the Humanities, Social Science Federation of Canada / Programme d'aide a l'edition savante, Federation canadienne des sciences sociales, Federation canadienne des etudes humaines, 1995. ISBN 0-9698103-0-X
Eleanor Harman, Ian Montagnes, Siobhan McMenemy and Chris Bucci, editors. The Thesis and the Book: A Guide for First-Time Academic Authors. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
The best advice for turning a thesis into a book that an academic publisher might be willing to consider. Also, it offers some very solid writing advice for editors of academics.
Beth Luey. Handbook for Academic Authors. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Good advice for academic authors when working with editors.
William Germano. Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Overview of the scholarly publication process and all its oddities and expectations!
Paul Parsons. Getting Published: The Acquisition Process at University Presses. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1989.
Overview of the scholarly publication process and all its oddities and expectations!
Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunak, Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction--and Get It Published. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002.
Thoughtful discussion of the process of publishing serious nonfiction works.
Maeve O'Conner, How to Copyedit Scientific Books & Journals. Philadelphia: ISI Press, 1986.
Solid, simple advice for scientific editors.
Robert Barrass, Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students. London: Chapman and Hall, 1978.
Another advice to authors book. (This is OOP but listed on Amazon.)
Style books for academic writing and editing
The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers, 14th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993.
The Bible for all academic editors. This includes both Humanities styles and Author-Date styles for references.
Kate Turabian. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Sixth Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Based on The Chicago Manual of Style, this is recommended to academic authors as a basic style book for them to refer to for humanities. Turabian was one of the major authors of The Chicago Manual of Style.
Joseph Gibaldi. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, Second edition. New York: The Modern Language Association, 1998.
MLA style is the preferred style for most publications in English, Literary Criticism, and Comparative Literature and has made inroads in other fields of the humanities. This book is aimed at senior academics, graduate students and professional writers. It is a fuller style guide than the MLA Handbook.
Joseph Gibaldi and Walter S. Achtert. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Fifth edition. New York: The Modern Language Association, 1999.
If you have to use MLA style, this is the nuts and bolts version.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fourth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1997.
APA style is one of the most commonly used author-date styles in the social sciences, specifically psychology, behavioral and social sciences, nursing, criminology, and personnel areas. The guide is a must for anyone dealing in any of these fields and also can be used for working in the sciences with author-date style.
CBE Style Manual Committee. CBE Style Manual: A Guide for Authors, Editors and Publishers in the Biological Sciences, Sixth edition. Bethesda: Council of Biology Editors, Inc., 1994.
For strict scientific editing, this is a must since it covers different fields and different reference styles.
The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing, published by Dundurn Press Limited in co-operation with Public Works and Government Services Canada, Translation Bureau. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1997.
An excellent general style book directed at a Canadian audience.
Editing Canadian English, prepared for the Editors' Association of Canada. Second Edition. Toronto: Macfarland, Walter & Ross, 2000.
The Canadian equivalent of The Chicago Manual of Style for professional editors.
For books on writing
William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000 (originally published in 1959).
This little book is the best ever written and keeps to its own advice by being elegantly clear, concise and to the point.
William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, Sixth Edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1998.
Zinsser's book is another classic advice book.
Rita Mae Brown, Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual. New York: Bantam Books, 1988.
Excellent advice to the fiction writer.
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