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Ask an Editor: Previously Published Articles as Book Chapters

Ilana Gershon asked seven editors for their insights on questions that authors commonly ask. Five are press editors (Berghahn, Chicago, Indiana, Princeton, Stanford) and two are series editors. This month’s column explores the following question: How many chapters of a book can be already in print as articles? Fred Appel: There is no hard and fast rule here. But if you plan a book that has six chapters and five of these have already appeared in previous versions in scholarly journals, that may...

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