Gemma Leigh Email and Phone Number

This blog follows my journey to a career in academic publishing. It includes regular posts about where I’ve failed, what I’ve learnt, and how I’ve succeeded in my pursuit of a publishing career. Posts also include the very latest job and internship opportunities I come across.

- Managing the peer review process by approaching reviewers, sending out proposals, arranging reviewer payments and chasing for feedback where necessary- Overseeing the 2016 forward programme for Economics by keeping in touch with authors and ensuring they're on track to meet their manuscript submission deadlines- Raising contracts on BFlux and sending them out to authors for signature- Liaising with authors frequently to monitor the progress of manuscripts and remind them of additional paperwork required on final submission- Writing and editing back cover copy- Researching potential images for book covers- Preparing cover design briefs and liaising with our Design team to ensure book covers are designed, approved and finalised on time- Ensuring publication dates and marketing information (cover copy, keywords, marketing codes and USPs) are accurate on BFlux and feeding out correctly to Palgrave.com- Forecasting manuscript handover numbers for future months- Preparing manuscripts for handover to Production (checking for third party material, making sure required permissions are cleared, assessing the quality of the language and ensuring the typescript adheres to our submission guidelines in terms of style and formatting)- Responding to author queries in a timely manner- Responding to internal queries from colleagues in Production, Marketing, Design, Sales and Rights

- Importing monographs onto Librios (an XML platform used for publishing eBooks)- Using basic XML coding to format and edit monographs within Librios- Preparing the index for a monograph- Formatting manuscripts in preparation for copy-editing- Checking and editing the lemmata in the textual notes of a multi-volume collection- Attending weekly meetings with the editorial department

- Formatting monographs for copy-editing- Proofreading keyed texts against original manuscripts- Checking editorial notes in various multi-volume collections- Attending weekly editorial department meetings