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Re: What's the definition of a published author

Subject: Re: What's the definition of a published author
From: Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:46:29 -0500


Wade Courtney wrote:

Am I published by virtue of having written user guides for a software
package. I'm filling out a questionnaire and whether I was published or
not was one of the questions.


You are not a published author if you are completing an academic or scholarly CV. If you are filling out a job application, maybe you could squeak by, but I'd be uncomfortable about it.

A published author, typically, is one who has had a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal or has sold a book to a commercial publisher. I'd include someone who has had a poem or short story accepted for an anthology. I might extend the definition to include someone who has sold an article to a magazine.

Doing work for hire would not qualify, though. And that's what you've done.


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