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Cathy N. Davidson. "Understanding the Economic Burden of Scholalry Publishing," Chronicle of Higher Education (October 3, 2003). Pages B7-B10. Davidson, research vice provost at Duke University, says further analysis of problems facing university presses will only be rdundant. She calls for action, including mandatory membership for professors in tehir schoalrly organizations to creatre a financial base for journals in their disciplines.

S. De Castell, A. Luke and C. Luke. Language Authority and Criticism: Readings on the School Textbook. Falmer, 1989. A collection of articles concerning the school textbook as a theoretical and a practical construct. (lkh)

R. Derricourt. An Author's Guide to Scholarly Publishing. second edition. Princeton University Press, 1996.

John P. Dessauer. Book Publishing: What It Is, What It Does, second edition. Bowker, 1981. Dessauer, a veteran book publisher, is especially good on the organization of the book industry. (jv)

Jacqueline Deval. Publicize Your Book: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book the Attention It Deserves. Perigee, 2003. Publishing veteran Deval, now publisher at Hearst Books, targets trade-book authors, but her tips would have special value for textbook and scholarly writers who self-publish. (jv)

N. Diamond. Publishing at Prentice-Hall: From Manuscript to Bound Book. Prentice-Hall, 1983.

Robert Diamond. Serving on Promotion and Tenure Committees. Bolton, Massachusetts: Anker Publishing, 1995.

D.M. Dibble. What Everybody Should Know About Patents, Trademarks and Coprights.Entrepreneur Press, 1978.

Peter J. Dougherty. "Science Can Help Cure University Presses," Chronicle of Higher Education (Dcember 12, 2003). Pages B10-B11. Dougherty, a group publisher at Princeton University Press, says the humanities control U.S. university presses to the exclusion of the sciences, which he observes doesn't make economic or social sense. "Why do books in knot theory and computational biology come predominantly out of Amsterdam and Heidelberg, but not from American campuses?"

Yochi J. Dreazen, Greg Ip and Nicholas Kulish. "Big Business: Why the Sudden Rise in the Urge to Merger and Form Oligopolies," Wall Street Journal (February 25, 2002), Page 1, A10. The unpleasant word oligopoly applies not only to the defense, cable television and pharmacuetical industries but also college textbooks. In a lengthy examination of recent mergers and acquisitions, the authors, all news reporters, deal with pros and cons in numerous industries, include college textbooks. (jv)

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This bibliography includes books and articles to help academic authors do their work and to stay informed on authoring issues.

Entries are, arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. For authors with multiple entries, the works are chronological with the most recent at the top.

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