Among our tasks and responsibilities, acquisitions editors often speak on publishing panels at conferences and other meetings. I had the good fortune to participate in a publishing panel at the […]
As an acquisitions editor, I often feel like my job can expand or contract based on how much time and energy I have, kind of like a fire. This is […]
What are some best practices for peer review? While peer review can sometimes feel like an alchemical process that comes together with much luck and magic, I’ve learned many lessons […]
What happens during peer review? Once I’ve made a list of potential peer reviewers, and I or my assistant editor have evaluated them based on these guidelines, I start querying […]
How do editors approach peer review? Peer review is on my mind right now, because it is a particularly difficult time to secure reviewers. While this has been true since […]
A proposal is usually the first document authors generate to communicate their ideas about their proposed project. However, is a book proposal necessary for everyone? That depends. From my point […]
Please join us in welcoming our new incoming director — Michelle Sybert! Sybert, assistant director, University of Notre Dame Press, has been appointed as the next director of the University […]
Rejection — or the possibility of it — is something many scholars I talk to at panels, conferences, and Zoom calls are deeply concerned about. How do authors avoid rejection? […]
This is the number one question I am asked whenever I give talks. Like many questions I will answer here, the answer depends a lot on the author, the project, […]
Acquisitions (or acquiring) editors live in a liminal space. We are employed by a press, but we spend a lot of time in academia proper, attending conferences, talking to scholars, […]
Every day, university presses worldwide step up to educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and act. During University Press Week 2024, we explore the myriad ways our community’s publications […]
The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and the University of Illinois Press were proud to present the symposium “Free People Read Freely” [a phrase used with […]