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ACQUISITIONS WORKSHOP

June 25 (mid-day) - June 26
Organizers: Sian Hunter, University of North Carolina Press; Jane Bunker, SUNY Press

This workshop is designed to give micro and macro views on the profession to editors with limited experience (from brand new to perhaps three years on the job). Sessions will cover the following topics: list building (defining your niche, building in new areas quickly, pb reprints & co-pubs, and book series), title budgets (from the P & L to the pub plan), contracts (royalties & advances, subsidiary rights, and digital rights issues), the publishing process (peer review, working with support staff, the editorial board), ethics and competition with other presses, communications with in-house colleagues (especially working with marketing), and managing authors in the publishing partnership process.

Faculty:
Alan Harvey, Stanford University Press
Richard Morrison, University of Minnesota Press
J. Reynolds Smith, Duke University Press
Joan Catapano, University of Illinois Press
Leslie Mitchener, Rutgers University Press

Registration for this workshop is limited to AAUP members. The registration fee of $250 includes dinner on June 25, and breakfast and a bag lunch on June 26.

A limited number of spaces are available for non-AAUP members to attend the workshop. If you would like to attend the the Acquisitions Workshop and are not an AAUP member, please contact spatton@aaupnet.org

Finance for Non Financial Professionals
June 25 (mid-day) - June 26
Organizers: Molly Venezia, Rutgers University Press; Kathy Stein, American Psychiatric Publishing

This workshop will help publishing staff better understand the financial impact of publishing decisions, and the finances at their press.

KEY POINTS

• Understanding why the Finance/Accounting function is important to all publishing professionals
• How to Read and Understand Financial Statements
• Balance Sheet
• Income Statement
• Statement of Changes in Financial Position
• Inventory in depth
• Title Life Cycle-key financial considerations in the life of the title-from proposal to disposal
• Departmental budgets-how to budget for departmental operating expenses

The workshop will start in the early afternoon on June 25, and continue the morning of June 26.

Registration will cover breakfast on June 26.

Registration Fee:
$200 AAUP Members
$280 Non Members
$250 Non Members (nonprofit) 

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