Book Marketing for Authors: Beginning Steps to Build Your Platform
Commissioning Editor Rebecca Bush gives an overview of simple marketing activities that any author should consider to build their audience and platform and promote their book.
All Stories Created Equal: Inequity and Inequality in Autobiography and Storytelling
All people are not valued equally, so there is societal inequity and inequality in how their stories are valued as well. Collection Editor Chris McAuley explores the mission of Lived Places Black Studies Collection to help rectify this imbalance.
Book Marketing: A Publisher’s Role and Responsibilities
David Parker explains how Lived Places Publishing provides a platform for authors to develop their relationship with their readers and supports them in the crucial step of marketing their book.
Latinx and the Possibilities of Place
Dr. Manuel Callahan discusses the tension, critiques, and differing opinions around the use of the term Latinx to describe identities that may otherwise be labelled Latin American, Latino, or Latina.
How to Work Well with Your Editor: Tips for Authors
Commissioning Editor Rebecca Bush lays out the different types of editor that an author might encounter and provides some helpful tips to help you build a mutually beneficial working relationship with your editor.
In Search of Education’s Hidden Protagonists
Dr. Janise Hurtig lays out her vision for a new collection of the rich stories, vignettes, and accounts drawn from the experiences of those individuals (and groups) who are the protagonists of the educational practices of today and the future.
Equity in Royalty and Sustainable Open Access Funding
Challenging the predominant publishing paradigm is never easy, but David Parker pulls back the curtain on a new model in open access publishing, centered around equity and open access for course materials.
Lived Places Publishing: Our Founding Mission
An overview of our Founding Mission: Affordable Course Readings, Library-Friendly Access, and Giving Voice to Social Identity in Context and Place
