Mr Anthony Cond (Liverpool University Press) and Professor Charles Forsdick will lead a lunchtime session on Publishing in the Humanities on 9th April 2013, 12.00 – 2.30.
This event is now full
The event is specially constructed for PGRs and will cover the following:
- Underlying commercial factors in publishing
- The sector as a whole (includes digital publishing, global sales, Online Authorship, etc.)
- procedures for submitting proposals
- what actually happens at the publishing end
- the shaping of an intellectual project
- what a reviewer or series editor looks for
- how to decide whether a book or journal is the best outlet
- Research Excellence Framework
- Academic perspectives on Open Access, hiring etc.
Anthony Cond is the Managing Director and Commissioning Editor (Literature & Languages) for Liverpool University Press. Professor Charles Forsdick is the James Barrow Professor of French in the Department of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies.