An edited book is a collection of articles or chapters- written by different authors- on the same theme, which have been collected together by one or more persons called “editors”.

At first sight, the role of an editor seems straightforward: take the material written by the authors and put them together in a book. Although the book is the outcome of the editor, the editing tasks are more complex that people, who are not related to the publishing world, may think. In fact, the number an...

When you write essays, theses, dissertations, and any academic paper, you focus on your ideas about a theme. However, the ones expressed by other people before influence your own ideas. Ideas that are completely new are very rare since human knowledge has developed in a cumulative way and the input information needed to create new one comes from people who have studied or reflected on them before us. Such influence can be expressed in an implicit or explicit way. The former is perceived sub...

Part of developing your capacity as a writer is learning to adapt your style to fit the audience you are writing for. Your writing should be different depending on whether you are writing a tweet for followers to read, a blog for the general public, or an academic essay. Slang may be appropriate for the first two contexts, but unless a piece of slang is needed to make a specific point – and as long as your usage of it is explained – it should not be present in academic writing. In addit...