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Informationen zum Autor Sally Morris has worked in journal and book publishing for over forty years, for presses including Oxford University Press, Churchill Livingstone, and John Wiley & Sons and as CEO of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. She has herself edited a peer-reviewed journal: Learned Publishing. She has played a leading role in many industry and publisher/library groups and has written and lectured widely on copyright and journal publishing. Ed Barnas has worked in journal publishing for over thirty-five years. His expertise covers submission through publication, print and online, the sciences and the humanities. Ed's experience covers both not-for-profit and for-profit sectors at Cambridge University Press, Raven Press, John Wiley & Sons and the American Institute of Physics. Ed has been active in various publishing groups and served a term as President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP). Douglas LaFrenier has held a variety of advertising, marketing, and sales positions at Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, W. H. Freeman and Company, the consulting firm Robert Ubell Associates, and the American Institute of Physics. He is a former Board member of SSP, and a frequent speaker about online publishing issues at meetings of SSP, the Special Libraries Association, the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives, and the Charleston Conference. Margaret Reich has been working in scholarly publishing for over twenty-five years. Most of her experience is with non-profit society publishers, including the American Physiological Society and the American Heart Association. A past President of SSP, Margaret has also served on its Board of Directors and has performed Committee service for SSP and the Council of Science Editors (CSE). Klappentext An up-to-date and comprehensive handbook written by experienced professionals, covering all aspects of journal publishing, both online and in print. "I have no hesitation in recommending Handbook of Journal Publishing as the best single resource I know on the subject. I learnt much from reading it - particularly the chapters on fulfilment, sales, and finance." -Anthony Haynes Zusammenfassung The Handbook of Journal Publishing is an up-to-date and comprehensive handbook written by experienced professionals! covering all aspects of journal publishing! both online and in print. It is a basic reference source for publishers! librarians and scholars dealing with such issues as copyright! business models! scholarly communication and intellectual property. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to journals; 2. Managing journals; 3. Editing; 4. The production process; 5. Journal metrics; 6. Marketing and sales; 7. Fulfilment; 8. Journal finances; 9. Subsidiary income; 10. Contract publishing; 11. Copyright and other legal aspects; 12. Ethical issues; 13. The future of scholarly communication; Appendix 1: glossary; Appendix 2: resources; Appendix 3: vendors....
