Want To Get (Or Get More) Published?

Ellen Bauerle, manager of the acquisitions department for the University of Michigan Press, has suggestions for those who want to get their manuscripts noticed by monograph publishers. She says that, in her experience, women more than men have some difficulty getting their books looked at by editors. Here are some of her ideas: network more, stalk up your work (don’t be so diffident), initiate conversations with acquisitions folks. Notes Ms. Bauerle,

Women are often stereotyped as more group-oriented, more sensitive to the needs of others. However, while I work in academic fields that have roughly equal numbers of women and men, on average it is more frequently the senior male scholars who introduce their students and colleagues to me. Those introductions are often the start of fruitful long-term relationships: Some contacts become authors, but just as important, others become referees, series editors, or disciplinary experts. They also have somewhat improved odds of being published, in that closer contact with presses means they will be likelier to know about new publishing opportunities (like new subject areas or series) or closed opportunities (discontinued series, departing editors) no longer worth chasing.

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