Category Archives: Publishing

Really Blind Review

Posted on November 29, 2010 by stuartelden

The comments following the post on referee etiquette on the Leiter Report blog are worth reading. One theme in particular is worth reflecting on. Would the process of double blind review – referees don’t know the author; authors don’t know their … Continue reading →

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Nitzan and Bichler’s Capital as Power free download

Posted on November 29, 2010 by stuartelden

Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder by Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler In our book contract with Routledge, we gave up our royalties in return for the publisher pricing the paperback at less than $40 and for … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Changing Planet

Posted on November 27, 2010 by stuartelden

Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences is a report for the National Research Council by a team of geographers, led by Alexander Murphy of University of Oregon. Alec kindly gave me a copy when I visited earlier … Continue reading →

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Referee etiquette

Posted on November 27, 2010 by stuartelden

The Leiter Blog posts some suggested guidelines from Thom Brooks on referee behaviour, along with a request for comments. I was hoping that you could help publicize some comments for feedback from your readers concerning referee guidelines. I am part … Continue reading →

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Issues in Progress

Posted on November 26, 2010 by stuartelden

Elsevier are launching a new system of publication they are calling ‘article-based publishing’. Details here. I’m sure most people have seen ‘online-first’, forthcoming papers, or similar systems. Society and Space has a page of just such papers here. But the Elsevier … Continue reading →

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Peer review discussion

Posted on November 23, 2010 by stuartelden

The discussion in the comments after the original post I linked to are worth reading – find them here.

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The value(s) of peer review

Posted on November 22, 2010 by stuartelden

In the Middle has the preprint text of “What is a Scholarly Journal?, The Place of Peer Review” by  Bonnie Wheeler, forthcoming in Journal of Scholarly Publishing. I read this with disappointment and a feeling that it was asking the wrong questions. … Continue reading →

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Books – availability

Posted on November 7, 2010 by stuartelden

Terror and Territory has now been out for a year, and is into its second printing. Despite how the Continuum website portrays my Mapping the Present and Understanding Henri Lefebvre, the books are not out of print, but out of … Continue reading →

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Two New Books out

Posted on November 4, 2010 by stuartelden

Continuum have translated Francois Larruelle’s Future Christ – details here – and University of Minnesota Press have a new edited book by Sarah Whatmore and Bruce Braun on Political Matter. Details here.

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Red Quill Books

Posted on October 24, 2010 by stuartelden

Early days, but Red Quill Books looks like an interesting publishing venture. Have a look at their mission statement, for instance. Consciousness Raising:  We are committed to disseminating critical academic works to a mass readership in formats that are accessible and … Continue reading →

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