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Paul Watt

Expertise

Advice on rewriting PhD dissertations into books; advice on sending manuscripts to scholarly publishers; how copyediting works; what to expect in the production process; explain what to do if a university press rejects your manuscript. I do NOT assess manuscripts

Experience

10 years publishing experience at Addison Wesley Longman, and Cambridge University Press Australia and the United Kingdom

Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Music; Master of Arts; PhD is almost finished! I also teach in editing and publishing courses at university level, both undergraduate and graduate

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