There is no standard way an author comes to us. We have a high incidence of repeat authors – an author who will write two or more times for us. That makes us happy because it’s a sure sign that we are giving good author service.

Our increasing number of academic titles published gives us an increased reach out into the scholarly field, which means we get referrals from authors and Editorial Advisory Board members. We have more than 1700 Advisory Board members, worldwide.

We often get conference organisers asking us to publish a selection from a conference they have organized. Like every other major scholarly publisher, we see an academic conference as a place that brings together a mix of established scholars and emerging ones. Conferences are often a great way to test ideas and to expose research to a wider audience. We encourage editors to pull together a selection of papers presented at conferences, into an edited collection. Unlike some other publishers, we don’t charge to publish proceedings – which means we can select on merit, and not be tempted to publish proceedings because someone is paying us to do so!

Similarly, some very notable scholarly works began life as a PhD thesis, and we are proud to continue and encourage that tradition. Cambridge Scholars Publishing makes no charge to publish an adapted PhD thesis.

And, like every publisher, we commission titles – inviting scholars internationally to consider writing for us.