Contracts The focus of our last lecture with Tony was publishing contracts between authors and publishing houses. Contracts are written documents that are set with 23 clauses, covering many aspects such as, the title of the book, copyright, death of the author and payment. This will be discussed back and forth until all parties are …
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Week 2: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Management In this session Tony built on last week, looking at what happens once a book has been commissioned and is now considered a front list book. Front lists only make up around 30% of a publisher’s books however, so taking care of the back 70% is crucial. Publishers can often move on to their …
Week 1: Wednesday 26th September 2018
Introduction to the module/list building The opening session was taken by Tony Mason, who is Senior Commissioning Editor (SCE) at Manchester University Press. Having not previously considered commissioning, it was intriguing to hear the importance of building successful front and back lists but also how SCEs oversee the whole process of publishing books. Tony considered …
Publishing 'Hows' 