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Possibly an ignorant question, but is the publishing of philosophy the same as publishing fiction? Do you just contact a publisher and go through the same process?

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>> No.9134123

>possibly ignorant
no, you're right. it is utterly ignorant to presume that fiction publishing is the same or even fucking close to a science that is being teached on almost every university there is.
you probably think kant erotica fandom is philosophy too.
go read a book you monkey

>> No.9134227

>>9134123
lern english

>> No.9134431

>>9134100
No, it bears no resemblance to it. Basically all philosophy books are written by profs, and are handled through academic presses, unless the author is one of the dozen "famous" writers. You're lucky if you get paid at all, and if you're not affiliated with a university and have some credentials, good luck getting them to glance at your manuscript.

>> No.9134456

>>9134431
This. Philosophy is through academic presses and sometimes an established academic will write something for the popular market (or you get the de Botton types) though this usually breeds resentment within the academy.

I think your best bet, without being an academic philosopher, would be to establish yourself as a thoughtful essayist (which is just as easy as it sounds, right?). This means being submitting to and being published in literary and high-brow journals... Arts & Letters Daily kinds of places.