The making of a multi-author book can be a long and frustrating business for all those involved — contributors, academic editor and publisher. Here Anthony Watkinson charts the sequence of events and describes what can go awry.
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Watkinson, A. The pitfalls of bookmaking. Nature 300, 111–137 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/300111a0
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