Academic Book Publishing: How to Prepare a Strong Submission Package

Name: Academic Book Publishing: How to Prepare a Strong Submission Package
Start: 2026-11-05T15:00:00
End: 2026-11-05T16:30:00
Location: Stewart Center, 310

Starts: November 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ends: November 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Format: In person
Location: Stewart Center, 310, United States

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Join us for a talk on academic book publishing with Karen Darling, Executive Editor at the University of Chicago Press, hosted by the College of Liberal Arts Research Academy (CLARA). The presentation will discuss how authors and acquiring editors can best work together within the larger scholarly publishing ecosystem. Topics will include the basics of preparing a strong submission package for a publisher. Darling is responsible for acquiring books in the history of science, medicine, and technology; environmental history; science and technology studies; and philosophy of science.