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Changes in the role of the commissioning editor in academic book publishing
Author(s) -
DODDS Francis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/20150106
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , focus (optics) , political science , management , public relations , media studies , sociology , law , economics , physics , optics
ABSTRACT This article reviews research on the role of the commissioning editor in academic book publishing. It argues that there has been a historic shift from a primarily ‘gatekeeper’ role to a more proactive role in shaping what authors write, driven by the requirements of business strategy, the need to focus more closely on end‐user needs, and, increasingly, by the new challenges of commissioning within a digital environment.