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Every academic (and non-academic) publishing house is a little different in terms of the works it seeks. Start pounding the digital pavement to see who is looking for what. Have a look at the books you have found most inspiring and citable in your own work, and see who published them. That'll do for a start. Once you've done that, spend some time combing each press' catalog to get a sense of what they publish within your field of knowledge.
As for the diss-to-book business, the best advice I've gotten was from Dr. Crazy, who recommended From Dissertation to Book, by William Germano. It's well worth a read, especially when you're at the point of "275 pages...prose...must be a book, amirite??"
Book proposals are a little tougher, since they're discipline-bound, to a degree. Hit up your colleagues in your native discipline for models to work from. I can send you mine, if you like, but of course I'm still gunning for a contract myself, so I won't pretend it's a reliable model.
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Every academic (and non-academic) publishing house is a little different in terms of the works it seeks. Start pounding the digital pavement to see who is looking for what. Have a look at the books you have found most inspiring and citable in your own work, and see who published them. That'll do for a start. Once you've done that, spend some time combing each press' catalog to get a sense of what they publish within your field of knowledge.
As for the diss-to-book business, the best advice I've gotten was from Dr. Crazy, who recommended From Dissertation to Book, by William Germano. It's well worth a read, especially when you're at the point of "275 pages...prose...must be a book, amirite??"
Book proposals are a little tougher, since they're discipline-bound, to a degree. Hit up your colleagues in your native discipline for models to work from. I can send you mine, if you like, but of course I'm still gunning for a contract myself, so I won't pretend it's a reliable model.