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Reed Malcolm, UC Press: The Future State of Book Publishing, Scholarly or Otherwise

The Future State of Book Publishing, Scholarly or Otherwise

Reed Malcolm, Executive Editor for Anthropology at UC Press, will discuss the state of  book publishing in light of recent changes within the scholarly publishing industry, declining library acquisitions, evolving pedagogical styles, and the emergence of all things digital. With traditional bookstores closing, and on-line retailers such as Amazon on the rise, what does the future hold for today’s scholar/author who is navigating a university culture that still regards the “traditional book” as the gold standard for hiring and promotion? In 2015 UC Press launched its pilot open access program, Luminos (www.luminosoa.org), with plans currently underway to double its size.  Reed will discuss how open access works, the pro's and cons for academic authors, and how it may be very well prove the golden panacea for an industry desperately in need of change.

Reed Malcolm, Executive Editor for Anthropology at the University of California Press. Reed holds an M.A. in the History of Religion from theUniversity of Chicago and a B.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley. Prior to joining UC Press in 1995, he worked at the University of Chicago Press and at Parallax Press in Berkeley. The UC Press Anthropology list encompasses all aspects of social and cultural studies, including comparative, historical, and multi-sited ethnography. Core areas include medical anthropology, public anthropology, global studies, religion, politics, linguistics, science and technology, Asia, and Latin America.