Possible Book Authorship Opportunity

Hi all,

I know many of you may feel like you have wanted to “write that book” that you have been

thinking about for a long time.

It’s not that your writing isn’t up to snuff or even about taking the time, it’s because you don’t

really know where to start.

You may know that I have been publishing for a while as a sole author, co-author, editor and co-

editor for many years and with a number of publishing houses (Wiley, Praeger, Greenwood,

Charles C. Thomas, and others).

What you may not know is that I have never first written a manuscript and taken it to a publisher.

I have ALWAYS first pitched my idea, along with an analysis of the market for my topic, a

sample table of contents and perhaps a sample chapter.

This is a huge time and hassle saver, I mean I cannot begin to tell you how motivating it is

FIRST have a publisher give you a contract, and how concomitantly helpful it is to then structure

your book based on a collaboration of what the publisher wants rather than for you to have to go

back and redraft potentially massive parts of your initial work in order to meet the publisher’s

recommendations. (It also doesn’t hurt to have someone cracking the whip with a deadline, too!)

I have been working on a number of projects that are now coming to an end, and I soon will have

some time and “head-space” to re-devote to the reinvigorating series that I have with Praeger

(now an ABC-CILO imprint) called Contemporary Psychology.

Thus far in the series we have published (http://www.slideshare.net/drchrisstout1/published-titles

):

Havens: Stories of True Community Healing, by Leonard Jason and Martin Perdoux.

Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent: A Guide for the First Year by Paddy

Greenwall Lewis and Jessica G. Lippman

Martyrdom: The Psychology, Theology, and Politics of Self Sacrifice by Rona M. Fields

Psychology of Terrorism, Condensed Edition: Coping with the Continuing Threat by

Chris E. Stout.

Redressing the Emperor: Improving Our Children's Public Mental Health System by

John S. Lyons.

Resilience for Today: Gaining Strength from Adversity by Edith Henderson Grotberg.

The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [4

volumes] by J. Harold Ellens.

Handbook of International Disaster Psychology [4 volumes], by Gilbert Reyes & George

Jacobs.

The Myth of Depression as a Disease, by Allan M. Leventhal and Christopher R. Martell

Preventing Teen Violence, by Sherri N. McCarthy and Claudio Simon Hutz

Terror in the Promised Land: Inside the Anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, by

Judy Kuriansky

The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts [3 volumes] by Mari Fitzduff and Chris E.

Stout, eds.

Collateral Damage: Psychological Effects of America's War on Terrorism, by Paul

Kimmel and Chris E. Stout.

Making Enemies, by Evelyn Lindner.

Who Benefits from Global Violence and War, by Marc Pilisuk with Jennifer Rountree

Beyond Bullets and Bombs, by Judy Kuriansky.

Trauma Psychology [Two Volumes], by Elizabeth K. Carll.

Right Brain/Left Brain Leadership, by Mary Lou Decosterd.

Emotional Exorcism, by Holly Hunt.

Right Brain/Left Brain President, by Mary Lou Decosterd.

Peace Movements Worldwide, (3 vol) by Marc Pilisuk and Michael N. Nagler, Editors

How Women Are Transforming leadership, by Mary Lou Decosterd.

Feel free to learn more about any of these at: http://www.abc-clio.com/Praeger.aspx or of course

on Amazon.com.

So, if you are interested, or at least want to learn more or have any questions, please feel free to

drop me a line. A copy of the Author’s Guidelines (and the Reviewer’s Guidelines) are available

at: http://www.slideshare.net/drchrisstout1/book-proposal-guidelines or let me know and I can

send you a copy.

If you get a contract, please know that all royalties are yours, I do not get a cut. My relationship

with Praeger is set regardless, and I have no quota or anything like that.

Having this series is an honor and a legacy. I enjoy writing and I very much enjoy being able to

get others’ voices and ideas in print. Of course, not every proposal turns into a contract, and

understand, I do not make ANY of those decisions—I am not on the editorial board nor do I

serve as such a final decision maker.

Your book is totally accepted on its merits, the goodness-of-fit to the topics within

Contemporary Psychology and what other contracts for projects the publisher may already

have. And even if it does not make it with Praeger, I’m happy to connect you with others I know

at Wiley or elsewhere if you’d like.

Cheers,

Chris