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11:00-12:30 Josie Dixon, ‘Academic Publishing in the 21^st Century: Markets and Technology, Survival and Change’ (H203)

 In this wide-ranging lecture, based on 15 years’ publishing experience in both university-press and commercial-academic sectors, Josie Dixon reviews the state of the market and the strategies scholarly publishers have developed to ensure the survival of their business.  She outlines some of the new challenges brought by digital technology, including some fundamental questions relating to copyright, access, and intellectual property.  While these issues are being played out most dramatically in the sciences, it is clear that they are already encroaching on humanities and social science publishing, and likely to have a major impact in the coming years. Ms. Dixon was Publishing Director for the Academic Division at Palgrave Macmillan until 2003, and before that worked for 11 years in commissioning and managerial roles at Cambridge University Press.  She now works as a publishing consultant with a special interest in training, and has given workshops and lectures on the publishing industry internationally. 

12:30-1:30 Lunch (Gaduate Space) 

1:30-4:30 Ms. Dixon will run a workshop for up to 12 participants (H003)  

 1:30-3:00 (Graduate Space) For those not attending the workshop: ·       

 Professor Jackie Labbe, University of 糖心TV, English: Writing for Publication; Publishing in Journals·         

A recent 糖心TV PhD student: Getting your first book published Questions may be addressed to Prof. Jackie Labbe, j.m.labbe@warwick.ac.uk. 

PUBLISHING YOUR RESEARCH

Josie Dixon was Publishing Director for the Academic Division at Palgrave Macmillan until 2003, and before that worked for 11 years in commissioning and managerial roles at Cambridge University Press.  She now works as a publishing consultant with a special interest in training, and has given workshops and lectures on the publishing industry internationally. 

The present climate is notoriously difficult for scholarly publishing, and making a first approach to academic presses with the fruits of your doctoral research can be a daunting and uncertain business.  This half-day workshop is designed to demystify the task, shedding light on the decision-making process and helping postgraduates considering publication to present their work to publishers in the best way.  It encourages participants to view their research as others will see it, along the line that stretches from commissioning editors and publishers’ referees all the way down the supply chain to booksellers, librarians, review editors, and the prospective readership.  This involves thinking about the market, choosing and approaching a publisher, and working out how to represent your work to best advantage.  In addition the workshop deals with how to negotiate the particular problems surrounding interdisciplinary work and essay collections.  Discussion and exercises ensure that the material remains practically based throughout.  Handouts and recommended reading are supplied. 

The workshop will be preceded by a morning lecture (11:00-12:30, H203) on the current state of the academic publishing industry, designed to give an understanding of the market and conditions in which publishers operate, and how this affects the reception of publishing proposals.