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Ask Our Staff: What is Copyediting
Oct 28 2024
In this video Senior Production Editors Emily Park and Julie Van Pelt talk about the first step in doing that: copyediting, specifically book copyediting. They discuss what it is, what you can expect, and how you and your copyeditor will work together.
Making the Most of Your Art Program
Jul 02 2024
By Stephanie Summerhays, Senior Production Editor at UC PressWhoever coined the old adage about a picture being worth a thousand words clearly wasn’t in the business of bookmaking. When it comes to producing books, even simple art programs require a kind of careful handling that many thousands o
Q&A with Matthew Morrison, author of Blacksound
Jun 26 2024
Blacksound explores the sonic history of blackface minstrelsy (the first original form of American popular music) and the racial foundations of American musical culture from the early 1800s through the turn of the twentieth century. With this namesake book, Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept o
The Very, Very Basics of Fair Use in Scholarly Publishing
Jun 05 2024
Copyright and fair use are not subjects that rivet a lot of people, but it’s necessary that an author planning to publish their work understands the fundamentals of both.
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
Editor Spotlight: meet our Environmental Studies and Geography Editor, Naja Pulliam Collins
Apr 02 2024
As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Associate Editor Naja Pulliam Collins to talk about her role as the new Environmental Studies and Geography Editor, what kinds of projects she’s looking for, and how authors can connect.How did you become an editor at UC
Q&A with Ryo Morimoto, UC Press author and FirstGen scholar
Nov 10 2023
In one of the first in-depth ethnographic accounts of coastal Fukushima written in English, Nuclear Ghost tells the stories of a diverse group of residents who aspire to live and die well in their now irradiated homes. Their determination to recover their land, cultures, and histories for future gen
Behind the Scenes: Publishing Terms
Oct 05 2023
“Behind the Scenes” series uncovers elements of book-making and publishing that make up our industry. Throughout the publishing process, authors may come across industry terms in their conversations with our staff as we work together.Below are few common publishing terms and their definitions:
Behind the Scenes: The 2023 Association of University Presses Virtual Meeting – A Report
Jun 27 2023
Each June, university presses from all over the world are invited to attend and participate in the annual industry conference of the Association of University Presses. Here, seasoned professionals and those in earlier stages of their career have a chance to share expertise, learn best practices, net
Q&A with Alberto Garcia: First-gen Scholar and Accomplished UC Press Author
Jun 22 2023
Alberto García is Assistant Professor of History at San José State University. Abandoning Their Beloved Land offers an essential new history of the Bracero Program, a bilateral initiative that allowed Mexican men to work in the United States as seasonal contract farmworkers from 1942 to 1964. Us