PDXscholar Self Publishing Academic Work Publishing an Open
PDXscholar & Self Publishing Academic Work Publishing an Open Access Textbook at PSU Slides adapted from Per Henningsgaard, Portland State University Director of Publishing and Assistant Professor of English This presentation by Karen Bjork is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4. 0 international license.
The OA Texbook Publishing at PSU Karen Bjork Head of Digital Initiatives Program Manager of PDXOpen
Action Steps 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Create a writing timeline Establish a budget Finish the manuscript Identify comparative titles Identify production services
The Textbook team Reviewers Copyeditor Designer Proofreader Provides feedback on pedagogy and "big picture" Edits for structure, accuracy, fluency, and formal concerns like grammar and punctuation Formats the text and images of the interior and creates the book cover Corrects production errors before the final publication
Reviewers Experts in the field - order of concepts - tone of writing - level of specificity - missing topics for discussion
copyeditor Professional services - works with Word doc. to digitally track changes - clarity, consistency, coherence, and correctness - codes the manuscript in XML (extensible markup language) for the designer - light, medium, or heavy editing
Light, Medium, Heavy Copyediting at PSU, Adam O'Connor Rodriguez
Designer Professional services - works with Word doc. or a coded. txt file - makes choices about typeface, content design, integration of figures or photos, etc. - makes concepts and content visually coherent - uses a design brief provided by the author
Design Brief should include - - size synopsis description of internal elements (sidebars, photos, figures, table of contents, index) key visual elements design comps elements to avoid
Self Designed - Word doc. file affordable
Professionally Designed - In. Design file running headers sidebar hierarchy of information can be used on EPUB
Digital Opportunities - audio or video content hyperlinks read on multiple devices See, for example, Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1 in PDXScholar
Proofreader Professional services - works with a fully formatted and designed book - fixes errors in formatting and typos - does not work with content, syntax, or structure - last eyes on the work before publication
Talking to a copyeditor, designer, or proofreader - What dictionary do you use? What information will you put on a stylesheet? Are you able to typecode? - Request examples of previous work What is the difference between RGB and CMYK?
Questions?
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