Publishing 2012
Current and Future Publishing Issues
Washington Book Publishers
Michael Jensen
April 2007



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National Academies Press


Publisher for The National Academies:
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • National Academy of Engineering
  • Institute of Medicine
  • National Research Council
Non-governmental, nonpolitical, nonprofit.

Publication print runs range from 100 to 50,000.

Reports written by committees of expert volunteers, to inform public policy.

Primary difference: we have few royalty or contractual issues with authors.



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Michael Jensen self-introduction, cont'd
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