Publishing strategy guide

Quality of the publisher:

• use Think, Check, Submit to find reputable, well known publishers
• spend time researching their editorial practices and outputs
• check with your professional network and seek advice from your colleagues

Read any contract presented to you carefully.

Print on demand books and self-publishing:

• these may not meet the peer review or scholarly editing standards of a scholarly work

Open access:

• see the Open Access guide for information about open access at UNSW
• you can consult the OAPEN Open Access books toolkit for an introduction to open access book publishing

If you are approached by a publisher:

• be cautious! This is not considered standard behaviour in the publishing industry, especially in publishing for academic audiences