Category: Behind the Scenes

by Michele Callaghan TV is bigger than any story it reports. It’s the greatest teaching tool since the printing press. —Fred Friendly, president of CBS news and one of the people behind the creation of public television All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching? —Nicholas Johnson, commissioner of the Federal…

by Michele Callaghan TV is bigger than any story it reports. It’s the greatest teaching tool since the printing press. —Fred Friendly, president of CBS news and one of the people behind the creation of public television All television is … Continue reading →

News and Notes Hurricane Isaac may have forced the cancellation of last week’s Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), but that didn’t stop us from putting together our own APSA Virtual Exhibit Booth! Garrison Keillor reads X.J. Kennedy’s poem, “Décor,” from Kennedy’s collection In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus in honor of…

By Janet Gilbert Journals Direct Response and Renewals Senior Coordinator Sometimes, you get to work on a journal you just can’t put down. For me,  Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics: A Journal of Qualitative Research (NIB) has been one of those from its inception here at the Press, because of its captivating combination of first-person narratives…

By Janet Gilbert Journals Direct Response and Renewals Senior Coordinator Sometimes, you get to work on a journal you just can’t put down. For me,  Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics: A Journal of Qualitative Research (NIB) has been one of those from its inception here at the Press, because of its captivating combination of first-person narratives…

Guest post by Nova J. Silvy How do you get 119 individuals to work on the same book? It takes professionalism, persistence, and dedication, plus an incredible passion for wildlife. Those 119 people provided expertise for the 37 chapters of the seventh edition of The Wildlife Society’s The Wildlife Techniques Manual. The volumes would not have…

by Jennifer Malat, Acquisitions Assistant Before I started to work in academic publishing, I thought of peer review as that high school English class staple “swap your essay with a classmate for comments.” You look over someone else’s essay, fix some typos, and correct any egregious errors. If more people read your essay, more mistakes…

New to Hit the Shelves Parrots: The Animal Answer Guide : Have you ever wondered what parrots eat in the wild? Or why so many species live in the Amazon? Glorious photographs and accurate answers to every question about parrots make this a must-have for any bird lover. Vaccine: The Debate in Modern America :…

New to Hit the Shelves Parrots: The Animal Answer Guide : Have you ever wondered what parrots eat in the wild? Or why so many species live in the Amazon? Glorious photographs and accurate answers to every question about parrots make this a must-have for any bird lover. Vaccine: The Debate in Modern America :…

by Michele Callaghan, Manuscript Editor Part of being married is having to watch your spouse’s favorite films, sometimes over and over, because “you are going to like it this time, I swear!” My husband purchased a DVD a while back of one of his favorites, The Man Who Fell to Earth by acclaimed director Nicolas…