Thanks, all, for your help...I really appreciate it. Having done my PhD part-time and at an institution far from where I live, I think I missed out a bit on chatting to other research students and staff, sharing ideas/getting advice etc. Thanks again.

Hi, I would really appreciate any advice here. I have submitted my thesis to quite a few publishers now (single author monograph) and each time the response has been that although the work is interesting, they do not feel that they could sell enough books on this author to make it worthwhile financially. I'm now thinking that I should just get on with trying to publish the individual chapters. I've waited a long time to hear back from each publisher and I'm aware that the more time that passes since completing my PhD and I have no publications to my name, the harder it will be to get a job. Also, there is very little critical writing on this particular author and I'm keen to get mine out there. My question is does anyone have any advice about how to go about this and in particular, my thesis followed a particular theoretical framework which I set out in the introduction; I then use this framework throughout to analyse different texts/themes in the work. If I submit chapters to journals, I'll need to set this framework out each time at the introduction, but couldn't that get repetitive? Do you think this is ok? I might be having to say something very similar in the introduction of each chapter. Thanks again for any help.

Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it. My subject is English Literature and the publishers I currently have my proposal with is a University press. I was hoping that no news is good news as they said they were discussing it and would get back soon...but then it has been a while and I'm feeling the pressure to get something published in order to improve my job prospects.

I've just joined the forum and would much appreciate any advice. Since passing my PhD viva last year, I have submitted some book proposals based on my thesis to a few publishers. Because I have been waiting to hear back from those publishers, I have not been doing the alternative of submitting chapters to journals; I thought that if I got something published in a journal, I cannot then use it in a book. Is this the case? Also, there is just one publisher I am waiting to hear back from - I submitted my proposal last October and they replied quickly saying that they would discuss it with colleagues and get back to me soon. I still haven't heard and while I don't want to pester them, I would like to know if it is still under consideration or long forgotten about...so that I can get on with trying to submit some chapters instead. What would you recommend, should I get in touch or leave it a while longer. Thanks again for any help.