What's an Edited Book?

An edited volume or edited collection is a collection of scholarly or scientific chapters written by different authors. The chapters in an edited volume are original works. Alternative terms for edited volume are contributed volume, edited collection and multiauthor volume.

What is the difference between a book and an edited book?

Second, we learned the difference between an authored and an edited book. An authored book is written by one or more individuals, while an edited book may have material from many different authors; however, the book is put together for publication by an editor or group of editors.

What defines an edited book?

An edited book is a book with chapters written by different authors. For the book as a whole one or more editors are responsible. If there is no author, the title of the chapter or entry is placed in the author position. The editors of the book are preceded by the word "In".

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