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An edited volume is a collection of scholarly or scientific chapters written by different authors. The chapters in an edited volume are original works (not republished works). Alternative terms for edited volume are ''contributed volume'', ''edited collection'' and ''multiauthor volume''. All these terms emphasize that the book is a collection of chapters contributed by different authors and harmonized by an editor. Edited volumes are of interest in academic publishing because they present different viewpoints and experiences on state-of-the-art topics. An edited volume is unlike an anthology, which is a collection of republished short literary works by different authors. It is also not a collected edition which brings together already published works by a single author and is edited by a publisher. It is different from a reader which contains collected texts for learning purposes. Finally, it is different from proceedings which contain articles written by different authors who presented them at a scientific conference. == Role of the editor== The editor (or editors, often there are several) of an edited volume is the key figure in conceiving and producing the book.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.oup.com/us/corporate/authorresources/VolumeEditors.pdf )〕 He or she is responsible for determining the book's purpose, structure and style (as laid out in a book proposal); for signing a book contract with an interested publisher; and for selecting the individual contributors who will write the chapters (and possibly the foreword). Selecting the contributions may involve an open call for papers or may be conducted privately. The editor is also responsible for keeping the writing process on schedule and serves as the liaison between the publisher and the contributors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://press.georgetown.edu/languages/our-authors/guidelines/guidelines-editors-contributed-volumes )〕 However, the task of "chasing contributions" can be substantial.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.palgrave.com/authors/docs/Editedtexts.doc )〕 The editor may also be a contributor to the volume, by writing some chapters (often with other authors) and especially by preparing a preface, an introduction or an afterword summarizing the main points. The editor also carries out the linguistic and substantive editing of the chapters before submitting the book manuscript to the publisher, and coordinates authors' review and correction of the proofs (preprints). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「edited volume」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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