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A big list of editors talking about what they’re looking for at their publishing houses, including this, from Oneworld i the UK: “We also love quirky non-fiction for our Autumn list, when shoppers are looking for something a bit different. We had great success last year with How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel and Mary Roach’s hilarious Packing for Mars (popular science) as well as Peter Cave’s Do Llamas Fall in Love (philosophy). Books like these that offer intelligent but highly readable introductions to interesting questions will always find a place on the shelves, and on our list.”
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“While I was at AAS, I attended a professional development workshop about giving effective oral presentations. The instructor was Jean-luc Doumont, author of the book Trees, Maps and Theorems: Effective Communication for Rational Minds, and an engineer who has a PhD in applied physics from Stanford. He went over how to structure your talks, how to get your message across, how to construct a good powerpoint, how to build confidence, and how to answer difficult questions. Giving effective oral presentations is something that many people, including myself, struggle with. I wanted to share some of the tips he gave; I found them extremely useful, and I am actually excited to give an oral presentation so I can put these tips into action!”