An editor from the University Press of Kansas, based out of Lawrence, will talk about publishing strategies for aspiring authors at 2 p.m. Friday, May 4 in the Greek Room in Memorial Union. The event is hosted by the office of the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Center for Great Plains                       Studies. 

Kim Hogeland, acquisitions editor for the press, will talk about how to choose a publisher, how to pitch a project, what publishers are looking for and issues specific to academic authors, such as how to revise a dissertation into a manuscript. 

Those who want to set up a time to meet with Hogeland individually are welcome to email her at [email protected]. Hogeland said she is happy to meet with authors ranging from those who have finished manuscript to only a bare outline of a project, to determine if the work would be a good fit for her press. 

Although her focus will be on scholarly publishing, she will also discuss the differences between scholarly and trade publishing and welcomes questions about both.

Hogeland’s focuses on books about the history of the American West, Native American studies, environmental studies and regional studies, such as Kansas, the Plains states and the Midwest. 

Before she came to Kansas, Hogeland worked at the University of California Press where she focused on history, music and cinema projects.

More about the University Press of Kansas and its books can be found at kansaspress.ku.edu.

Some of the press’s authors include Kansas author George Frazier, “The Last Wild Places in Kansas” and ESU professor Max McCoy, “Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River.” The press has also published several titles by ESU professor emeritus Jim Hoy, including “Flint Hills Cowboys.”

Hogeland received her bachelors of arts in history and Native American studies from the University of California Berkeley and her masters of arts in history from the University of California Davis.

Light refreshments will be provided during the event.