The Journey from PhD Dissertation to Book

It's no snap turning a PhD dissertation into a book. For starters, a dissertation is positioned for a micro-audience (your committee members). The bulk of the project is focused on the research methodology. And the writing cadence of a dissertation is constantly interrupted by references to dead authors. The writing of a book must appeal to a completely different mindset than that of a dissertation committee. In this episode, Dr. Alan Amling, a former senior executive with UPS and teaching fellow at the University of Tennessee, discusses the long road to translate his dissertation thesis into a book for a wider audience.