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In our quest to demystify scholarly publishing, #FeedingTheElephant invited
@leekinginc.bsky.social to explain "Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Book Distribution, but Were Afraid to Ask." How does your book make it onto shelves and into readers' hands?

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Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Book Distribution, but Were Afraid to Ask | H-Net
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November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In our quest to demystify scholarly publishing, #FeedingTheElephant invited @leekinginc.bsky.social to explain "Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Book Distribution, but Were Afraid to Ask." How does your book make it onto shelves and into readers' hands?
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Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Book Distribution, but Were Afraid to Ask | H-Net
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November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's University Press Week! #TeamUP | H-Net
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November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
composing or drawing or coding your dissertation? Glenn Wright @syracuseu.bsky.social offers advice for getting it past the finish line: networks.h-net.org/group/discus... #feedingtheelephant
We Need Guidelines for Submitting Non-Traditional Dissertations | H-Net
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November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
As non-traditional dissertations become more common, are universities keeping up? Glenn Wright of Syracuse University Graduate School explains "We Need Guidelines for Submitting Non-Traditional Dissertations" networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

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We Need Guidelines for Submitting Non-Traditional Dissertations | H-Net
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November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Non-traditional dissertations include DH projects, comic books, installations, documentaries, podcasts, and rap albums, but these dissertators face a unique issue: satisfying their institution’s requirement to submit their dissertation to ProQuest. Glenn Wright explains for #FeedingTheElephant.
We Need Guidelines for Submitting Non-Traditional Dissertations | H-Net
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's the last Wednesday of the month! Check out what the #FeedingTheElephant team has been reading and listening to! Don't miss what we are excited about and a roundup of our October posts!
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The Elephant Roundup (October 2025) | H-Net
A monthly newsletter from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We have an #OAWeek special for you all! Check out University of Michigan Press Director Charles Watkinson interviews Samuel Moore, author of the open access book, Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons. We've reposted it on #FeedingTheElephant for our followers.
Open Access Week Extra: Interview with Samuel A. Moore | H-Net
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October 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's #OAWeek, and #FeedingTheElephant is celebrating by publishing the second installment by scholtom.bsky.social‬ o#OAOA in the humanities. What are viable alternatives to book processing charges? Read on to find out!
Viable Alternatives to Book Processing Charges (BPCs) | H-Net
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October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
With #OAWeek on the horizon, #FeedingTheElephant shares the first in a two-part series by scholtom.bsky.social‬ on the importance of developin#OAOA book publishing to support and sustain a diversity of publishing initiatives and models for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS).
Bonfire of the Humanities: Publishing Challenges, Opportunities, and Open Access | H-Net
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October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Curious about ORCID iDs? 🔍 Check out the latest #FeedingTheElephant post to learn all about them 👇
Are you a social science or humanities scholar who has heard about ORCID iDs but isn't completely sure what it does? In today's #FeedingTheElephant post, James Shulman explains the importance of having an ORCID id.
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ORCID iDs for the Humanities | H-Net
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October 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Are you a social science or humanities scholar who has heard about ORCID iDs but isn't completely sure what it does? In today's #FeedingTheElephant post, James Shulman explains the importance of having an ORCID id.
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ORCID iDs for the Humanities | H-Net
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October 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
wondering how to teach your students to use AI responsibly? Sarah Freye and Jeremy Van Hof have ideas! #feedingtheelephant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
AI Literacy: Using Traditional Literacy Models for AI in the Humanities | H-Net
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October 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
As more and more universities encourage AI use, educators and instructors are grappling with how to develop AI literacy among their students. Jeremy Van Hof and Sarah Freye share some starting points with #FeedingTheElephant.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
ICYMI @emily-elliott.bsky.social rounds up coverage of the Kirk assassination & Kimmel suspension on #feedingtheelephant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
The Elephant Roundup (September 2025: Kirk & Kimmel Edition) | H-Net
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September 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The books university presses publish are essential to intellectual communities. And they give students opportunities to explore careers & develop skills. @aupresses.bsky.social members, tell us about your internships! #feedingtheelephant @bucknellupress.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Bucknell UP Closure Would Also Mark End of Vital Student Internship Program | H-Net
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September 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Bucknell University has announced it will close its press in 2026 because it "only" publishes scholarly books and doesn't serve undergraduates. The press's students disagree. @bucknellupress.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social #feedingtheelephant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Bucknell UP Closure Would Also Mark End of Vital Student Internship Program | H-Net
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September 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
University press internships provide important experiential education opportunities for students. Insights from @bucknellupress.bsky.social interns @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social #FeedingTheElephant: https://bit.ly/4pCTPSv
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's time for the #FeedingTheElephant monthly roundup. This month, we took a narrative approach to contextualize the killing of Charlie Kirk and Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. How does these stories relate to violence, censorship, and academic freedom?
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The Elephant Roundup (September 2025: Kirk & Kimmel Edition) | H-Net
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September 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You might be aware of the threatened closure of Bucknell University Press, but did you know BUP trained countless interns? #FeedingTheElephant shares stories from former interns on how closing the press would negatively impact undergrad and grad students.
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Bucknell UP Closure Would Also Mark End of Vital Student Internship Program | H-Net
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September 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The stakes have never been higher for peer review, and in keeping with with AI theme for #PeerReviewWeek, #FeedingTheElephant has a post from @alisonsyring.bsky.social and Gabriela Bueno Gibbs on "Artificial Intelligence and Peer Review in Scholarly Publishing." networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Artificial Intelligence and Peer Review in Scholarly Publishing | H-Net
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September 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Check out our guest post for #PeerReviewWeek on #FeedingTheElephant. "If we interfere with these processes by introducing technology that takes humans out of the review process, we aren’t merely altering how we do peer review; we are altering the philosophy in which it is grounded."
Artificial Intelligence and Peer Review in Scholarly Publishing | H-Net
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September 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
How's AI affecting your workplace? @marmercurio.bsky.social looks at how it's affecting people in libraries and publishers in the latest from #feedingtheelephant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
AI Exacerbates Labor Issues for Library Workers | H-Net
A guest post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.Guest post by Marisa Mercurio, acquisitions editor, University of Michigan.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"When we embrace genAI without examining the domino effect it will have on library workers and users, we fail to do our jobs," writes @marmercurio.bsky.social for #FeedingTheElephant. How has the embrace of AI affect publishing, research, and teaching. Find out!
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September 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
wondering how a more equitable, sustainable scholarly publishing ecosystem can be built? @wendyqueen.bsky.social shows how the Subscribe to Open Community of Practice is making it work on #feedingtheelephant: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
S2O Community of Practice: Reflections on the Value of Community (Especially Now) | H-Net
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September 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM