University Press Directors Roundtable: Recent Episodes
Kat Coveyduck
With Ellen Chodosh (Director) and Mary Beth Jarrad (Sales & Marketing Director) from New York University Press, Simon Ross (Chief Executive) and John Normansell (Production & Operations Director) from Manchester University Press and Joel Cosseboom (Interim Director & Publisher) from University of Hawaii Press.
Virtusales' Mark Collins, Director of Academic and Rodney Elder, Executive Vice President North America discussed the key trends seen in the last four months and the challenges being faced within the Academic and Scholarly publishing arena.
Virtusales Rodney Elder, EVP North America, discusses how the latest version of the Biblio suite focuses on supporting key publishing processes giving publishers the flexibility to focus on the areas of their business in greatest need of attention and solve their unique business requirements without the limitations of traditional software modules.
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Virtusales' Kat Coveyduck was invited to take part in this episode of the IPG Podcast to explain the various ways publishers can improve the management and trading of rights. Kat also discusses the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on the rights sector.
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Following up from the discussions at the AUPresses Annual Conference, Virtusales will be hosting a Directors level roundtable with three prominent University Presses including:
- Ellen Chodosh(Director) and Mary Beth Jarrad (Sales & Marketing Director) from New York University Press
- Simon Ross (Chief Executive) and John Normansell (Production & Operations Director) from Manchester University Press.
- Joel Cosseboom (Interim Director & Publisher) from University of Hawaii Press.
The session will be moderated by Mark Collins (Director of Academic) and Rod Elder (EVP North America). Topics to be discussed include:
- Trends seen in publishing list content in the past 3-4 months.
- Changes in demand in open access titles or academic trade publication.
- Value of quality, verified, peer reviewed content in today's environment
- Changes in communication with customers.
- Changes in print purchasing decisions.
- Challenges in supply chain and distribution.
- Opportunities for process change with remote working.