[Air-L] Book publishing questions

[Robert W Gehl]

Hey, Mathias,

Broadly speaking, there are a lot of presses putting out books on social 
impacts of tech, including surveillance tech. Just looking at my shelf, 
I see Yale, Harvard, MIT, Oxford, NYU, Chicago, Polity, and Routledge. 
I'm guessing my bookshelf would have titles similar to what I'd see in 
your office!

As for promotion: a lot of that will depend on your department's or 
faculty's standards. I would recommend looking at people who have 
recently been promoted at Fordham. Are they also publishing books? What 
presses are they publishing with? Do you get the sense it's about the 
number of books, or about particular presses?

And as for working with publishers, a lot depends on your acquisition 
editor. I have had the pleasure of working with some great editors, so 
I've been lucky. But I have also heard some pretty nasty stories about 
presses/editors (I won't go into them here).

The good news with academic books is that multiple submissions are 
allowed (so long as you're up front about it). Send a proposal to 2-4 
presses. See which editors get back to you right away and which let it 
sit. Talk to them in person (phone, video chat). You've gotta work with 
them for 2-4 years, usually, so a good relationship there is key.

- Rob

On 2024-07-19 09:36, Mathias Klang via Air-L wrote:
> Hello internet people,
> I’m looking for input about publishers for a book on the social impacts of surveillance technology.
>
> Which publishers would you recommend with an eye towards promotion?
>
> Whom have you enjoyed working with?
>
> Added bonus if they do open access and/or don’t overprice the final product!
>
> Grateful for any input
> Mathias
>
> ——
> Dr Mathias Klang
> http://klangable.com
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