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Demystifying the Dissertation-to-Book Process with Michelle Lipinski
Apr 29 2024
On March 8, 2024, the Rutgers Digital Ethnography Working Group welcomed University of California Press Senior Editor, Michelle Lipinski, for the online event Demystifying Dissertation-to-Book. This talk breaks down the steps and the often winding pathways scholars can take from finishing a diss
Ask Our Staff: Editorial Assistant Roundtable Series – Permissions
Feb 28 2024
Watch Parts 1 and 2 of our EA Roundtable.As an author, you might have a sense of what an Acquisitions Editor does, since you’ve been talking with them about your new book proposal. But what do Editorial Assistants (EA) do and how will you be working with them?In this EA Roundtable video seri
Ask Our Staff: What does a Production Editor do?
Jan 12 2024
In this video, Stephanie Summerhays, senior production editor and FirstGen Program Committee member, discusses the role of the production editor in turning a manuscript into a book and the people authors will work with throughout the process.
Ask Our Staff: How to Work with an Editorial Assistant
Dec 13 2023
As an author, you might have a sense of what an Acquisitions Editor does, since you’ve been talking with them about your new book proposal. But what do Editorial Assistants (EA) do and how will you be working with them?In this EA Roundtable video series, our Asian and Latin American Studies Edit
Ask Our Staff: What does a Book Designer do?
Apr 17 2023
Wondering how a book cover comes to be? In this video, UC Press Marketing Associate and FirstGen Program Committee member Sara Fan interviews Senior Book Designer Kevin Barrett Kane about how he approaches book design and how authors can be partners in the process. Kevin Barrett Kane is an award
Ask Our Staff: What Does a Book Publicist Do?
Jan 06 2023
In this video, our Associate Publicity Director Emily Grandstaff provides a brief overview of what to expect when it comes to book publicity, including what publicity is, what kinds of tasks a book publicist typically handles, and what authors can do to support publicity efforts.