T he academic book review seems like a straightforward task. A journal editor sends you a book closely related to your expertise, offering an excuse to dig in and think about the shape of your field.

The monsters under your bed are subject to peer review. Since 2018, the University of Wales Press has published the Horror Studies series, a collection of academic writings on the horror genre.

“We continue to be passionate about fresh light being shed on big questions. Scholars are doing lots of that in countless fields we’re active in—from psychology to history, law to literature—and of ...

This month’s annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature is an extravaganza for academic religion publishers, with scholarly books at the heart of the ...

Clarivate, the company behind ProQuest, dropped a bombshell in the academic publishing world last month when it announced that it will “phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, ...

Publishing a book can boost your profile as a researcher, improve your h-index and increase your competitiveness on the job ...