I'm in need of a publisher for a study guide that I have written. It is a chapter-by-chapter summary of a very influential book for which there is a SparkNotes but not a Cliff Notes. I have been unable to find any other study guides that provide what my study guide does: a summary of the material as the author originally presented it. The book itself is in the public domain, so quotations are not a problem.
Other books analyze the writings of the author, the "story behind the story" and developments in the field since the book's publication. In my own study of the subject, I find such meta-analyses of the book of limited value to students.
My book therefore opens each chapter with a set of bullet points, followed by a "Summary in brief" (which is essentially what the SparkNotes provides) and follows with a much more detailed summary.
I have been completely unable to identify a publisher for this study guide. Most academic publishers charge about three times my target price (no student is going to pay $50 for a study guide to a book they can get for $5), and textbook publishers don't want to deal with me because I don't teach a class in which the study guide would be required reading (and therefore guaranteed sales every semester).
Any suggestions?
Other books analyze the writings of the author, the "story behind the story" and developments in the field since the book's publication. In my own study of the subject, I find such meta-analyses of the book of limited value to students.
My book therefore opens each chapter with a set of bullet points, followed by a "Summary in brief" (which is essentially what the SparkNotes provides) and follows with a much more detailed summary.
I have been completely unable to identify a publisher for this study guide. Most academic publishers charge about three times my target price (no student is going to pay $50 for a study guide to a book they can get for $5), and textbook publishers don't want to deal with me because I don't teach a class in which the study guide would be required reading (and therefore guaranteed sales every semester).
Any suggestions?
