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 […]
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ACQUIRING WITH ALISON — Volume 5: Peer Review (Part 3)
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 […]
ACQUIRING WITH ALISON — Volume 5: Peer Review (Part 2)
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 […]
ACQUIRING WITH ALISON — Volume 5: Peer Review (Part 1)
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 […]
ACQUIRING WITH ALISON — Volume 4: Do I have to write a proposal?
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 […]
INTRODUCING . . . UIP’s New Director!
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 […]
ACQUIRING WITH ALISON — Volume 3: What happens when a project gets rejected?
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? […]
ACQUIRING WITH ALISON — Volume 2: How do I contact an editor?
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, […]
ACQUIRING WITH ALISON — Volume I: What is an acquisitions editor?
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, […]
University Press Week: Where does your press StepUP?
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 […]
Free People Read Freely™ Symposium Wrap Up
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 […]
Reflections from Our Interns
Today on National Intern Day, we share some reflections from University of Illinois Press interns! “A life-long reader, I am so excited to have the opportunity to market something I […]