Purdue Books Initiative continues monthly publishing webinars for authors

The Purdue University Books Initiative continues its monthly webinar series featuring global publishing houses. Faculty and staff are invited to attend the Emerald Publishing webinar at 11 a.m. Wednesday (June 18). This webinar will introduce and provide guidance for publishing in the Emerald-Purdue Research Impact Series.

The series provides a home for the most impactful research conducted by Purdue graduate students and faculty. The webinar will provide guidance on proposing books for the series, converting thesis research into a book manuscript, and receiving support from Emerald from proposal to writing and ultimately publication. The Emerald-Purdue Research Impact series publishes books across a wide range of disciplines, including engineering, education, liberal arts, public health and business.

The webinar will be led by Kim Chadwick, who leads the book publishing program at Emerald. She has worked in scholarly book publishing for over a decade and has commissioned in a range of social sciences disciplines, including education research, politics and sociology. Emerald publishes over 450 books a year across the social sciences, business and management, and engineering. 

This webinar is accessible through a Teams link.

• Meeting ID: 231 784 141 093
• Passcode: Dy945PN9

The link is also available on the Purdue Books Initiative website. Event recordings are posted on the site.

Future publishing events are scheduled as follows:

• “Key Items to Review in a Publishing Contract,” presented by Donna Ferullo, director of the Purdue University Copyright Office — June 25
• Wiley – Sept. 17

The webinar series is designed to help new and prospective authors connect with publishing houses and bring their projects from concept to ISBN in record time.

For information about the initiative, authors can visit the Purdue Books Initiative website or contact Cristina Farmus, vice president for special projects.