Summary

Publishing Procedures Seminar

Description

A seminar on publishing your first book, for junior faculty in Humanities and non-quantitative Social Sciences subjects. Hosted by the Humanities Foundation and the Editorial Institute, the workshop will be led by Frances Whistler, a former literature editor at Oxford University Press, UK. Learn about the processes of submitting proposals, peer-review, contracts, and the editing and production process. Employed by the Clarendon Press (the Academic imprint of Oxford University Press, England) for more than 20 years, Frances has had a variety of editorial roles, from desk editor to commissioning editor. Her work has covered literature, cultural studies, and art publishing, with a special emphasis on scholarly editions, illustrated and reference works, bibliographies, and student books. She teaches publishing-editor skills at Boston University.

Starts

9:30am on Wednesday, November 4th 2009

End Time

11:45am

URL

http://www.bu.edu/editinst

Topics

Conferences and Workshops, Humanities Foundation

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URL Anchor Text

Editorial Institute

Registration Deadline

11/2/2009

Building

143 Bay State Road

Room

Room 106

Population(s)

faculty

Show Fees

free

Contact Organization

Editorial Insitute/Humanities Foundation

Contact Name

Alex Effgen

Contact Email

abeffgen@bu.edu

Information Phone

617-353-6631

Speaker(s)

Francis Whislter, Director of Publications, Editorial Institute

Event Open to

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