[Air-L] Book publishing questions

[Paloma Viejo Otero]

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Vielen Dank für Ihre E-Mail. Ich bin derzeit im Urlaub und habe nur eingeschränkten Zugang zu meinen E-Mails. Ich kehre am 15. August zurück und werde Ihre Nachricht so bald wie möglich nach diesem Datum beantworten.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,


Paloma

On 19 Jul 2024, at 17:50, Robert W Gehl via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> 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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