A scholarly communication #StarterPack! #FeedingTheElephant is @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social’s forum for #scholcomm discussions relevant to academics, scholarly publishers, and higher ed librarians, and is edited by @catherinefte.bsky.social, @emily-elliott.bsky.social, and me!
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November 18, 2024 at 1:48 PM
A scholarly communication #StarterPack! #FeedingTheElephant is @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social’s forum for #scholcomm discussions relevant to academics, scholarly publishers, and higher ed librarians, and is edited by @catherinefte.bsky.social, @emily-elliott.bsky.social, and me!
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Thanks for the support from @uncpress and @aupresses. Five years and counting for H-Net’s #FeedingTheElephant
Feeding the Elephant, a blog regularly publishing about scholarly communications in the arts, humanities, and social sciences is turning five 5️⃣🎉
We’re proud that our very own Editorial Director @dawnd.bsky.social is one of the three powerhouses behind this feminist-run collective 👏
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We’re proud that our very own Editorial Director @dawnd.bsky.social is one of the three powerhouses behind this feminist-run collective 👏
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Feeding the Elephant is Turning Five! | H-Net
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Thanks for the support from @uncpress and @aupresses. Five years and counting for H-Net’s #FeedingTheElephant
how @dawnd.bsky.social and @emily-elliott.bsky.social and I are passing the time in between producing #feedingtheelephant posts: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
July 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
how @dawnd.bsky.social and @emily-elliott.bsky.social and I are passing the time in between producing #feedingtheelephant posts: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Ever wonder about the inner workings of university presses? #FeedingTheElephant has a series devoted to press business models, and Doug Hildebrand’s piece on Canadian UPs is the latest addition. @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social
Douglas Hildebrand of @ubcpress.bsky.social provides an overview of the UP landscape in Canada for #FeedingTheElephant. "It’s a business that makes absolutely no business sense but is crucial to national conversations on various subjects and in exporting Canadian ideas to the world," he writes.
Varieties of University Press Business Models: Canadian Presses | H-Net
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February 22, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Ever wonder about the inner workings of university presses? #FeedingTheElephant has a series devoted to press business models, and Doug Hildebrand’s piece on Canadian UPs is the latest addition. @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social
Resurrecting an old other place tradition: #FollowFriday!
Did you know that @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social, the home of the #FeedingTheElephant blog, is on Bluesky? So are my fellow members of the Feeding the Elephant editorial collective @catherinefte.bsky.social and @emily-elliott.bsky.social.
Did you know that @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social, the home of the #FeedingTheElephant blog, is on Bluesky? So are my fellow members of the Feeding the Elephant editorial collective @catherinefte.bsky.social and @emily-elliott.bsky.social.
May 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Resurrecting an old other place tradition: #FollowFriday!
Did you know that @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social, the home of the #FeedingTheElephant blog, is on Bluesky? So are my fellow members of the Feeding the Elephant editorial collective @catherinefte.bsky.social and @emily-elliott.bsky.social.
Did you know that @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social, the home of the #FeedingTheElephant blog, is on Bluesky? So are my fellow members of the Feeding the Elephant editorial collective @catherinefte.bsky.social and @emily-elliott.bsky.social.
It's the last day of September, so #FeedingTheElephant brings you our monthly roundup! Check out our reading and podcast recommendations as well as a list of all the great pieces we published this month!
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September 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
It's the last day of September, so #FeedingTheElephant brings you our monthly roundup! Check out our reading and podcast recommendations as well as a list of all the great pieces we published this month!
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in the spirit of self-promotion, here's my #feedingtheelephant post explaining the pricing of scholarly monographs (as @rcolesworthy.bsky.social says, it's all about audience): networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
May 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
in the spirit of self-promotion, here's my #feedingtheelephant post explaining the pricing of scholarly monographs (as @rcolesworthy.bsky.social says, it's all about audience): networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
got an invitation to do a podcast? Here's some good advice from @draftingthepast.bsky.social and #FeedingTheElephant
Attention all podcast lovers and podcast guests! Kate Carpenter of @draftingthepast.bsky.social shares tips with #FeedingTheElephant on being a good podcast guest. Warm up your voice, sit still, and give these tips a read!
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How to Be a Great Podcast Guest | H-Net
A guest post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.
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April 3, 2024 at 11:18 PM
got an invitation to do a podcast? Here's some good advice from @draftingthepast.bsky.social and #FeedingTheElephant
New guest post on #FeedingTheElephant: @alanpharvey.bsky.social and @jasminemulliken.bsky.social , wrote about generative AI in the context of university press publishing.
@hnetbookchannel.bsky.social #ReadUP
@hnetbookchannel.bsky.social #ReadUP
AI and University Press Publishing | H-Net
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November 13, 2024 at 9:00 PM
New guest post on #FeedingTheElephant: @alanpharvey.bsky.social and @jasminemulliken.bsky.social , wrote about generative AI in the context of university press publishing.
@hnetbookchannel.bsky.social #ReadUP
@hnetbookchannel.bsky.social #ReadUP
Humanities book authors and editors: I wrote this piece for you!
What’s an argument? Is it the biggest, most important claim your book makes? Or is it something narrower? Why does the difference matter?
Read this #FeedingTheElephant post to find out what pep talk I give my clients!
#AcademicSky
What’s an argument? Is it the biggest, most important claim your book makes? Or is it something narrower? Why does the difference matter?
Read this #FeedingTheElephant post to find out what pep talk I give my clients!
#AcademicSky
What's an argument? While it might seem simple, authors sometimes struggle to distinguish between arguments and claims of significance. @allisonvandev.bsky.social explains the difference and how incorporate both into a manuscript for #FeedingTheElephant readers.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Humanities book authors and editors: I wrote this piece for you!
What’s an argument? Is it the biggest, most important claim your book makes? Or is it something narrower? Why does the difference matter?
Read this #FeedingTheElephant post to find out what pep talk I give my clients!
#AcademicSky
What’s an argument? Is it the biggest, most important claim your book makes? Or is it something narrower? Why does the difference matter?
Read this #FeedingTheElephant post to find out what pep talk I give my clients!
#AcademicSky
How the New York Public Library is navigating "challenges in providing access to one essential category of research materials: published monographs that are neither in the public domain nor commercially available for the library to purchase or license digitally." #FeedingTheElephant
Introducing The New York Public Library’s Scholarly Press Backlist Revival Project | H-Net
A guest post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications. Guest post by Greg Cram, associate general counsel and director, Information Policy; and Kathleen Riegelhaupt, director e...
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January 17, 2024 at 4:02 PM
How the New York Public Library is navigating "challenges in providing access to one essential category of research materials: published monographs that are neither in the public domain nor commercially available for the library to purchase or license digitally." #FeedingTheElephant
Thanks @dawnd.bsky.social ! This book is essential reading for understanding the importance and challenge of collaboration in remaking scholarly publishing. #FeedingTheElephant
Did you catch @catherinefte.bsky.social’s book review of Deana Marcum and Roger Schonfeld’s ALONG CAME GOOGLE: A History of Library Digitization (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2021)? #FeedingTheElephant
Book Review: Deana Marcum's and Roger Schonfeld's Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitizati...
A post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications. Book Review by Catherine Cocks, director, Syracuse University Press. Review of Deana Marcum and Roger Schonfeld, Along Came Goo...
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October 24, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Thanks @dawnd.bsky.social ! This book is essential reading for understanding the importance and challenge of collaboration in remaking scholarly publishing. #FeedingTheElephant
the invisible flow of metadata is what helps you find the books you need. Madison Mosely explains why keeping metadata fresh matters for #Feedingtheelephant #ReadUP networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
The Care and Maintenance of Metadata | H-Net
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January 21, 2026 at 11:56 PM
the invisible flow of metadata is what helps you find the books you need. Madison Mosely explains why keeping metadata fresh matters for #Feedingtheelephant #ReadUP networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
in case you missed it this morning! #FeedingtheElephant is five! Thanks to @dawnd.bsky.social and @emily-elliott.bsky.social and all of our amazing, smart, generous contributors!
Today's the day! #FeedingTheElephant turns five! Find out the origins of our name, an overview of the past five years, and what lies ahead!
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Feeding the Elephant is Turning Five! | H-Net
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September 4, 2024 at 11:11 PM
in case you missed it this morning! #FeedingtheElephant is five! Thanks to @dawnd.bsky.social and @emily-elliott.bsky.social and all of our amazing, smart, generous contributors!
Was honored to be asked to write a little something on my time at @aupresses.bsky.social 2026 for #FeedingTheElephant! Behold my musings on the UP landscape and the importance of our community.
What did attendees take away from #AUPresses26? @michellechn.bsky.social writes for #FeedingTheElephant that, as one colleague pointed out, "we are all just swimming upstream together."
Check out Michelle's full recap and reflection, published today!
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Check out Michelle's full recap and reflection, published today!
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AUPresses 2026: Swimming Upstream Together | H-Net
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July 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Was honored to be asked to write a little something on my time at @aupresses.bsky.social 2026 for #FeedingTheElephant! Behold my musings on the UP landscape and the importance of our community.
Hashtags are here!!! You know what this means? All those months of tagging #FeedingTheElephant in anticipation of this moment have paid off!
February 29, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Hashtags are here!!! You know what this means? All those months of tagging #FeedingTheElephant in anticipation of this moment have paid off!
Earlier this week, an author told me how helpful they were finding all the #PeerReviewWeek info that was circulating! Here’s what #FeedingtheElephant added to the Peer Review Week mix.
The #FeedingTheElephant Team is wrapping up its celebration of #PeerReviewWeek! On Monday, @catherinefte.bsky.social contextualized this year's theme of “capacity: volume, speed, and quality.”
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September 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Earlier this week, an author told me how helpful they were finding all the #PeerReviewWeek info that was circulating! Here’s what #FeedingtheElephant added to the Peer Review Week mix.
you want to know what Kate Middleton has to do with scholarly communications! You know you do. #FeedingTheElephant
What has the #FeedingTheElephant team been reading and listening in March? Check out our roundup for a new podcast hosted by @h-net-humanities.bsky.social, shoutouts we received in LibraryBuzz, and what Kate Middleton can tell us about scholarly communications.
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March 27, 2024 at 11:01 PM
you want to know what Kate Middleton has to do with scholarly communications! You know you do. #FeedingTheElephant
wondering how publishers set prices? Check out this #FeedingtheElephant post: networks.h-net.org/node/1883/di...
You will probably not get to have the price of your book written into your contract. However, you can research publishers to find out their typical list prices before you submit a proposal and ask questions about pricing decisions in early conversations with editors
January 31, 2024 at 12:15 AM
wondering how publishers set prices? Check out this #FeedingtheElephant post: networks.h-net.org/node/1883/di...
It's #PeerReviewWeek! #FeedingtheElephant kicks off our coverage with some thoughts on Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality: networks.h-net.org/group/discus... On Wed. @emily-elliott.bsky.social describes innovations in peer review. @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
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September 14, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It's #PeerReviewWeek! #FeedingtheElephant kicks off our coverage with some thoughts on Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality: networks.h-net.org/group/discus... On Wed. @emily-elliott.bsky.social describes innovations in peer review. @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
Today on #FeedingTheElephant, @alanpharvey.bsky.social and Jasmine Mulliken ask ChatGPT about the controversies of using AI in peer review, publishing contracts, and book manuscript submissions. Our guest authors share and analyze ChatAPT's response.
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AI and University Press Publishing | H-Net
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November 13, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Today on #FeedingTheElephant, @alanpharvey.bsky.social and Jasmine Mulliken ask ChatGPT about the controversies of using AI in peer review, publishing contracts, and book manuscript submissions. Our guest authors share and analyze ChatAPT's response.
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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
A guest post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Curious about ORCID iDs? 🔍 Check out the latest #FeedingTheElephant post to learn all about them 👇
Today, @rlevay.bsky.social continues the #FeedingTheElephant discussion on #AI by making a call for human-centered acquisitions work in scholarly publishing, focusing on ethics and the expertise acquisitions editors bring to their work.
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The Call is Coming from Inside the House: AI and Acquisitions Work | H-Net
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November 20, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Today, @rlevay.bsky.social continues the #FeedingTheElephant discussion on #AI by making a call for human-centered acquisitions work in scholarly publishing, focusing on ethics and the expertise acquisitions editors bring to their work.
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@bethanywasik.bsky.social and @maselli.bsky.social break down the recent report on university press editorial boards. Understanding how these boards work is helpful to authors and publishing professionals alike. #FeedingTheElephant @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
What Can Authors and Editors Learn from the AUPresses Editorial Board Survey? | H-Net
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March 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
@bethanywasik.bsky.social and @maselli.bsky.social break down the recent report on university press editorial boards. Understanding how these boards work is helpful to authors and publishing professionals alike. #FeedingTheElephant @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
So you have signed a book contract, and you realized that you are on the hook for indexing your work. @emily-elliott.bsky.social provides our #FeedingTheElephant readers with advice on indexing their work baed on her experience indexing a co-edited volume.
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Tips for Indexing Your Book | H-Net
A post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.Post by Emily Joan Elliott, associate director of research and publications, H-Net.
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September 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
So you have signed a book contract, and you realized that you are on the hook for indexing your work. @emily-elliott.bsky.social provides our #FeedingTheElephant readers with advice on indexing their work baed on her experience indexing a co-edited volume.
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