Working with Your Editor
Working With Your Editor: Crafting a Letter of Response to Peer Reviews
A guest post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.
Guest post by Sian M. Hunter, senior acquisitions editor, University Press of Florida
Working with Your Editor: Manuscript Transmittal and Launch
by Clare Jones, assistant editor, Cornell University Press
Working with Your Editor: Previously Published Material in Your Manuscript
This week, we revisit an evergreen Working with Your Editor post by University of Pennsylvania Press editor-in-chief Walter Biggins in which he addresses the persistent questions of whether and how much previously published material an author can include in a manuscript. This was the most popular post of 2020, and judging from online chatter, authors are still asking.
Working with Your Editor: What to Expect When Your Book Is in Copyediting
Guest post by Amanda Frost and Anastasia Wraight, Project Editors, Michigan State University Press
Working with Your Editor: The Role of a Journals Managing Editor
A guest post by Kurt Milberger, Coordinating Editor, Michigan State University Press
Working with Your Editor: Ten FAQS about Book Peer Review
A post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.
As Peer Review Week approaches, I wanted to share answers to some of the questions I get asked most often. The theme of #PeerReviewWk20 is trust. I hope these answers contribute to trust in peer review by fostering candid conversations about publishing in general and helping to demystify the peer review process specifically.
This One Simple Trick Makes Permissions Easy and Fun
A post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.
Getting permission to reproduce copyrighted material in your own work can be intimidating and frustrating, and most scholars don’t get much, if any, training in how to do it. You won’t be surprised to learn there is no one simple trick, but the following tips aim to demystify the process and make it easier to manage.
Working with Your Editor: Working with a Developmental Editor
Guest Post by Johanna Schuster-Craig, Assistant Professor of German and Global Studies, Michigan State University
Working With Your Editor: Developmental Editing
Guest Post by Laura Portwood-Stacer, Manuscript Works
Working with Your Editor: Previously Published Material in Your Manuscript
Guest post by Walter Biggins, editor-in-chief, University of Pennsylvania Press
Working with Your Editor: Requesting Letters of Support
A post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications
Acquiring editors play many roles in the publication process, and because the publishing process is entwined with the tenure and promotion process, editors are often asked to provide supporting documentation to their authors to share with tenure and promotion committees. This can be as simple as a paragraph confirming a book is under contract or in production, or as detailed as explaining a press’s acceptance rate and review process.