A lot of the authors I work with are junior scholars very early on in their careers, and their book will be the primary stepping stone to their dream job or to achieving tenure.

Others are quite established scholars, some of whom already have tenure and who have spent the majority of their careers focused on publishing journal articles. 

They’ve become really good at article writing but, for various reasons, have decided they want to take on the challenge of writing a book.

Today’s episode will be addressing the needs of this second group. 

For established scholars in article fields, the decision to write a book is often motivated by more personal reasons.

However, making the shift from writing articles to a much lengthier, wider-ranging book doesn’t come naturally to most. 

So on today’s episode I’m going to talk about the top 5 challenges that article writers face when it comes to book writing, along with some strategies for resolving them.