ased on my professional experience, I advise authors on the university press publishing process. I offer detailed advice on:

• deciding when to send a manuscript out to presses
• framing a book proposal
• submitting a proposal and the ethics of simultaneous submissions
• communicating with and understanding communications from acquisitions editors
• responding to readers' reports and handling the review process
• deciding on a publisher
• revising the manuscript for publication
• working on jacket copy and marketing
• and working with copyeditors

am not paid by any university press or any other publisher to offer these services.