What Scholars Are Saying about Mellen Press
“In the future when the historian sifts through the debris of our era, oversaturated with information, once the dross has been cast aside, more than a few of the things that remain will be bound in the...
View Article3 Factors for Best Author-Publisher Fit
Publishers or literary agents many times speak of a proposal’s “fit.” This assessment can be positive or negative as in, “Your proposal doesn’t quite fit what we are seeking.” Many authors become...
View ArticleScholarly Business Models and Getting Your Book Published
Has your proposal for publishing a scholarly work met with silence or a sales pitch on making it more saleable? Many authors who approach scholarly or university presses are surprised that often...
View ArticleMellen Press Authors Have Distinguished Book Award Tradition
The Edwin Mellen Press has a long history of its authors and their books winning awards. As I review the lists, I find these to be especially notable: Best Scholarly Work on Medieval Music and the...
View ArticleThe (Change) Business of Scholarly Publishing
Over the past 30 years, academic publishing has often become a matter of sales and budgets. Book proposals are accepted or declined based on the sales projections or net financial anticipations. New...
View ArticleThe Problem of Percent Accepted
Authors and university administrators frequently ask us, “What percentage of book proposals do you accept?”Our answer is 20 percent. That is, in 2006 when we last ran the numbers, The Edwin Mellen...
View ArticleFocus on the Author’s Idea–Second Step in the Selection Process
The Edwin Mellen Press asks three questions when it does receive a proposal: What would this manuscript contribute to the scholarly discussion? How would this manuscript advance, qualify, or redirect...
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