Category Archives: Publishing

Ambitious Geography Books

Posted on August 25, 2010 by stuartelden

I was thinking today about books by geographers, written in the last thirty years or so, that would stand as real testaments to what the discipline is about or what it can do. By this I’m meaning something other than … Continue reading →

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Roundup – publishing

Posted on August 22, 2010 by stuartelden

A couple of links of interest that both relate to academic publishing and the modern university Ian Bogost on Rice University Press being closed down and on the different printing models in publishing here (via Graham at OOP). Stanley Fish arguing … Continue reading →

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Speculations journal

Posted on August 1, 2010 by stuartelden

The first volume of a new online journal, Speculations, is now available. Speculations is a journal dedicated to research into speculative realism and post-continental philosophy. Our aim is to facilitate discussion about ongoing developments within these emerging movements and related … Continue reading →

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Rousseau on writing

Posted on August 1, 2010 by stuartelden

In The Discourses and other Early Political Writings there is a very short text entitled ‘Idea of the Method in the Composition of a Book’. Rousseau here makes writing sound deceptively easy:  When one undertakes to write a work, one has … Continue reading →

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Revista Urban

Posted on July 22, 2010 by stuartelden

The Spanish journal Revista Urban begins a new series this year, with a new editorial team and focus. You can find information about the journal on their website. The editors tell me that “in addition to the areas set aside … Continue reading →

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Book contracts

Posted on July 15, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham’s response to my response on book titles raises the issue of contracts. Generally you can negotiate details of contracts, or simply strike through clauses that you are not prepared to be bound by. The key one for me, which … Continue reading →

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On books and their titles

Posted on July 15, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has an interesting post ‘on book titles and subtitles’ here. He’s talking about the publisher desire for keywords in titles in order to help position them in the market. Fair enough, although it can have some distorting effects. … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – some figures

Posted on July 14, 2010 by stuartelden

I became editor of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space about four years ago, initially shadowing Gerry Pratt for a few months, then taking on new submissions, and formally taking over as editor at the beginning of 2007. In … Continue reading →

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The return of Aaaarg

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

A new website, but it’s back – http://aaaaarg.org/login Thanks to Critical Animal for the news. I remain ambivalent about the site, as I said here when it closed this time.

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REF delay to be announced

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

The Times Higher Education Supplement has the news that the UK Research Exercise Framework (the Research Assessment Exercise replacement) will be delayed for a year. This means publications between 2008 and 2013 will now ‘count’. This has some strange distorting effects … Continue reading →

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