Celebrating Milestones: Lived Places Publishing releases first title
The first book delivered to the world by a new publisher must set the tone for all that is to follow. Publisher and co-founder David Parker introduces the launch of LPP’s first title and celebrates a publishing milestone.
Entrepreneurship in Places Unexplored
Dr Drew Harris outlines his vision for the stories and explorations of entrepreneurs who don’t fit the “norm”, who operate on the margins, or who face challenges that others don’t.
Podcast Listen: Lived Places Publishing on the IPG Podcast
Publisher and co-Founder David Parker guests on the IPG Podcast from the Independent Publisher’s Guild. David tells the IPG how he’s building LPP in collaboration with Newgen Publishing UK, and how to make partnerships like this work. He also talks about some of the big issues in academic publishing at the moment,
Disability, Identity, and Language Choices: Person-first, identity-first, and beyond
The language we use to refer to ourselves is important, and can be difficult to get right. Dr Damian Mellifont and Dr Jennifer Smith-Merry discuss the debate of person-first or identity first language, and explore language choices for the LPP Disability Studies
Podcast Listen: Lived Places Publishing on the Newgen Pubcast
Lived Places founders David Parker and Chris McAuley were guests on this month’s episode of the Newgen Pubcast, the monthly podcast by our publishing partner Newgen Publishing UK.
Interdisciplinary Study, Teaching, and Publishing: Taking a Broad Approach
The LPP Collections are very broad categories, with a lot of overlap between them, and topics that fall between and across different disciplines. Founder and Publisher David Parker explains why.
Education is Everywhere: Call for Proposals for LPP’s Education Studies Collection
Dr Janise Hurtig, editor for the Education Studies collection, is seeking authors to contribute proposals. Here she explores some possible topic areas and provides ideas and inspiration for possible submissions.
The Voice of Disability: Storytelling for Disability Inclusive Places
What is ableism, and what does “nothing about us without us” mean? Collection editors Dr Damian Mellifont and Dr Jennifer Smith-Merry are seeking authors to raise their own voices of disability.
Diversity in Authorial Expertise: There are Many Paths to Authoring with Lived Places Publishing
Publisher David Parker and editor Rebecca Bush explore the different paths to authorship that an expert might take, and explain why they are deliberately looking for authors whose expertise is expressed outside academia, in addition to traditionally academic authorities
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.
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Pricing Strategy: Publishing Industry Practices Examined
by David parker
Lived Places Publishing must establish pricing that captures both a single, retail reader, and an institution-wide, unlimited-access group of readers which might number into the hundreds. Publisher David Parker explains how to develop a multi-channel pricing strategy.
The Role of Anthropology in the Fight for Social Equity
by Rebecca
Anthropology is an ethnographic opportunity to record culture by observing and documenting the complexities that define neoliberal social imbalance. Linda Jean Hall recounts how her lived experiences as a descendant of African heritage in North and South America inform the ways that she teaches, writes, and practices active and transdisciplinary Cultural Anthropology.
Author Guest Post: Nicola Abraham and Victoria Ruddock
by Rebecca
Lived Places Publishing authors Nicola Abraham and Victoria Ruddock introduce us to their new book, Supporting patients living with dementia during a pandemic: Digital theatre and educational spaces.
Learning Belongs in the Library — On Critical Race Theory and Book Banning, Publishers Speak Up!
by David parker
What is Critical Race Theory – and does it belong in libraries? LPP co-founder David Parker weighs in from the publisher’s perspective.
Celebrating Milestones: Lived Places Publishing releases first title
by David parker
The first book delivered to the world by a new publisher must set the tone for all that is to follow. Publisher and co-founder David Parker introduces the launch of LPP’s first title and celebrates a publishing milestone.
Entrepreneurship in Places Unexplored
by Drew Harris
Dr Drew Harris outlines his vision for the stories and explorations of entrepreneurs who don’t fit the “norm”, who operate on the margins, or who face challenges that others don’t.