Tag: reviewing
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A Walkthrough of the Publishing Process: Part One – Beginnings
One of the challenges of having spent nearly twenty years working in publishing, and mostly working with people who tend to have some sense of how it works, is that it can be hard to step outside of your own context to explain it from scratch to somebody who really does not have a frame…
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How to be an ideal proposal reviewer
Last week I wrote about why you should say yes as often as you can when asked to review book proposals. This week, on the basis that if a job is worth doing it is worth doing well, I thought I’d write about what this actually involves, and how to be a model reviewer. As…
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Why you should consider being a reviewer
Over the past few weeks we’ve talked about how the proposal review process sits at the core of academic book publishing. The entire process depends upon academics giving up their time to enter into good faith criticism of book proposals. This week I wanted to talk a little about why reviewing is a good thing…
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Responding to reviews
Last week I wrote about what the review process is for, this week I’m going to talk about the response stage. This is the part of the process where we send you your reviews, and ask you to provide us with a response. This is a vital stage in the process, and also illustrates how…
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Why do we review book proposals?
One of the things we’ve had to consider quite carefully at Tithebarn Press, is what the function of reviews is in our publishing and how we go about undertaking them. I’m delighted to say that this has been especially on my mind lately as our first formal book proposals are now coming in. It’s an…
