Category: Archive
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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This Thursday is Thanksgiving, and like every year, this season is when our office hours get a bit goofy. This week, the Office will be open Wednesday, Nov 21 from 9am-3pm. We will be close on Thursday and Friday. We will resume normal office hours (8am-5pm) starting Monday, Nov 26. Thank you…
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Link-N-Blogs for November 19
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“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.”–Oscar Wilde” Because last week we here at UPNG were super busy doing a workshop on Friday (more info here), we didn’t get to post a link-n-blogs list. This Friday, we will be closed for the Thanksgiving holidays, so…
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Types of Peer Review
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Last week we discussed peer review in general terms. You can find that article here. This week, we’re going to discuss different types of peer review in depth. There are three main types of peer review: open peer review, single-blind, and double-blind. Open Peer Review Open Peer Review is exactly…
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A Feast for Crows
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This week we have A Feast for Crows, fourth in the series A Song of Ice and Fire and also a rare fantasy novel to grab the top spot on The New York Times best seller list. Despite all that, the book annoyed me. I liked it (mostly), but some…
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Link-N-Blogs for Nov 9, 2012
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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”?Ernest Hemingway Literary Consolation Prizes: Grant Snider’s comic featured on the New York Times book Review website should give any writer or aspiring writer a chuckle. 17 Hobbit Movie Posters: Proving that this movie is…
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A Storm of Swords
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Written by Matthew Pardue About midway through last week, I talked with a fan of the A Song of Ice and Fire series who has also read one or two of my reviews of the books. We soon found that we have different opinions about it: she prefers the novels…
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Newsletter for November
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CLICK HERE to read the University Press of North Georgia’s Newsletter for November 2012. Want to receive our newsletter delivered right to your inbox? Sign up here!
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Peer Review Explained
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A question we are often asked here at the University Press is “What is this peer review thing and why is it so important?” The Oxford English Dictionary defines peer review as “The review of commercial, professional, or academic efficiency, competence, etc., by others in the same occupation” In publishing,…