Inside Duke Press

A new series of conversations with the people behind the books at Duke Press, this first installment features the Editorial Director, Ken Wissoker, as he discusses the role of acquisition editors at a university press.

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People & Blogs

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• Duke
• University
• Press
• Books
• Editor
• Publishing
• Acquisitions

[OroborusFMA]

This covers the acquisitions angle in great detail, but much of an editor's time is also taken up in finding qualified reviewers, contract details, rights and permissions issues, cover art matters, writing and/or proofing marketing copy, attending meetings and office politics.

[tarainLA]

Thanks, Ken! Should be required viewing for all our grad students.....

[fortunaorff]

What a terrific idea -- great for folks wanting to learn more about how a top university press thinks and works.

[PsychedelicElectric]

We are not considering the talents of our digital natives as commonplace and we are not considering the roles of emerging technologies in ID - not to their potential. I see many people talking about new innovative ideas as such. Where are they in instructional texts? How do these ideas set the stage for what still is yet to come. Information changes to rapidly today to consider shelf life in certain domains. Does Duke publish eText books!

[PsychedelicElectric]

This is great. I'm a late bloomer. I am 47 and just finishing a doctoral program in ID&T. However, I see a great need in content (instruction, performance, evaluative) for new ideas on how to integrate multimedia strategically into digital instructional environments. Developing ID strategies for for media formats is very important. We are not looking at the power of multimedia yet in instruction.