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Workshop: Editors-in-Chief
June 14th - 15th, 2006
Registration for this workshop is closed.
The focus of this interactive workshop is on-the-job challenges facing editors-in-chief at scholarly presses.
Organizers:
Sheila Levine, Associate Director and Publisher, University of California Press
Jennifer Crewe, Associate Director and Editorial Director, Columbia University Press
Wednesday, June 14
7:30-9 am |
Breakfast |
9:00-11am |
Strategic Planning for Acquisitions
Specific fields in which to publish; how does acquisitions fit into the overall goal of the press; what is your vision, and how do you achieve it? |
11:00-12:30 pm |
Making Changes
Both in areas of publication and personnel. |
12:30-1:30 pm |
Lunch |
1:30-3:30 pm |
The Editor-in-Chief as Manager
Managing strengths; motivating staff; inspiring creativity and teamwork; evaluating your editors. |
3:30-5 pm |
Balancing Responsibilities
Management/administrative work and acquisitions duties. |
5-6 pm |
Approval and Decision Processes
Peer review; approval meetings; settling on publication plans, including print runs, pricing, positioning in catalog, and marketing; subsidies. |
6:30 pm |
Dinner |
Thursday, June 15
7:30-9 am |
Breakfast |
9-10am |
Seasonal Planning
Balancing among fields, book types, and quantity |
10-11am |
External Relations
Working with your university and faculty committee |
11am-noon |
Digital Publishing |
Noon-1pm |
Wrap-up |
Registration Information
Registration is limited to Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Directors, and Senior Acquisitions staff at AAUP member presses. The registration fee of $200 covers all meals and materials.
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