Ph.D. graduates decide to publish their thesis as a book. We, as an institute helping students with publishing their works, get lots of those books. A short look at them shows that the writer is not aware of the
Differences between a book and a thesis
Before everything else, you need to know the differences between a book and a thesis.
The title:
The title of a thesis should be specific and limited, while books need a broader title to be interesting to a wide range of readers. It should not be too specialized. Let’s say you are a potential reader, would you buy a book with that title? So choose the title of your book in a way that it is interesting enough to attract potential readers.
The scope:
You can choose one of the variables and write on that in your book.
The chapters:
Every thesis is of five chapters which we discussed in “chapters of a Ph.D. and master’s thesis” post. While chapters of books are organized according to their subject.
To arrange your book, consult a table of content, acknowledgment, dedication, preface, and then chapter 1 and so on. A book as a thesis ends with references and appendixes.
The format of a book can be like this:
- Section/part one:
- Chapter one
- Chapter two
- …
- Section/part two:
- Chapter one
- Chapter two
- …
- …
You can also ignore section/parts.
You need to organize each chapter, too. Each of them begins with a warm-up. After the
Chapters of a book should be assigned with numbers just like theses.
The content:
Theses and dissertations are full of repeat and their chapters are long. Eliminate the repeated sentences and make each section as short as it is readable.