Have You Thought About: Publishing Your Thesis as a Book?

Assalamualaikum and hi :)

Do you know that "My PhD” in Dutch is "Mijn Doctoraat"? Just so you know.

Anyway, this will be just a short post. My mind has been entertaining the idea of publishing my thesis, insya Allah once I've finished writing it. I came across this notion for the first time many years ago when I met a senior colleague who just got back from his PhD study in TU Leuven. He said that his thesis was published as book, complete with ISBN number. 

You and I know that in most universities (especially Malaysia), thesis are published as hardcover manuscripts which are then archived in the library, accumulating dust over the years and not accessible to be referred or cited by academia. What a huge waste!

Then recently I met another young lady who had just completed her PhD at TU Delft. Also, same story. She had printed over 100 copies of her thesis-book. Amazing.

So this is my dream. Publishing my own thesis as a book. 

Also, there are actually publishers who publish this type of publications. Head on over to Springer Theses Series for example. The content of the series is available to millions of readers worldwide and, in addition to profiting from this broad dissemination, the author of each thesis is rewarded with a cash prize equivalent to € 500.

Or you could try VDM Publishing Group where manuscripts are published free of charge for all authors.

Please bear in mind that  your thesis may contain content which is copyrighted to others that you will need permission from rights owners to include in publication.

Till next time. Take care peeps.