ALPSP Training: Commissioning Content: Working with authors and editors

Monday, 22 and Tuesday, 23 September 2025

This training considers ways in which to develop and manage a commercially successful academic journal and book programme, including how to adapt commissioning strategies in a transition to a more virtual working environment. Taking delegates step-by-step through the commissioning process, the course aims to provide practical advice, relevant tips and techniques to commission and solicit successful content and titles – from market scanning and community development through to proposal management and eventual publication. It also considers how to maximise resources available to us.