Join The Master Class in Getting Published | Introduction and Overview

Hi there, welcome to this preview for the course how to Publish in the New Millennium From Scientific Journals to Best Sellers as Way of Introduction My name is Dr. Chris Stout. I'm a clinical psychologist. I'm a former faculty member at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and most recently the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois in Chicago. I'm also the founding director of the nonprofit center for Global Initiatives. My background that's relevant to teaching this course is that I've published 38 books including two best sellers and my work has been translated into eight languages. I have over 100 peer reviewed journal articles in some of the top ranked journals. I'm a LinkedIn influencer with about a half a million followers to my blog. I'm the former Series Editor for Contemporary Psychology for Prager Publishing and I was found to be one of the most cited authors in the psychological literature. We'll be covering a variety of areas including scientific publishing, book publishing contracts, marketing tools, blogging, tutors and much more. You'll learn about the best ways to approach submitting a manuscript for scientific publication to peer reviewed journals. You'll also learn about the mechanics of book contracting, how to submit an idea, what publishers are looking for, how to evaluate and negotiate. Yes, you can negotiate your contract, Royalties, advances and copyright why to never first submit a manuscript to a publisher? Differences between publishers, when you need an agent and when you don't, along with a myriad of additional considerations and advice. You'll learn about ebooks, print on demand, Amazon's CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing and other non traditional approaches to publishing, and how to tell if a platform is of high quality or not. You'll learn about marketing media kits, how to create an Amazon Authors page, book signings, library talks, speaking and promotional tours, and being a podcast guest and other publicity aspects. This will be a rich, fun and fact and experience filled course that covers everything you need to know from a practical and actionable perspective. It's for anyone wanting to get their written work out into the world, be it academia, popular media or both. I hope you'll join me.