How does a scholarly book differ from a dissertation, or a string of articles? What does and doesn’t change with a shift to digital publishing? What do editors do all day?

Mary C. Francis
Mary C. Francis is Editorial Director of the University of Michigan Press / Michigan Publishing; in addition to directing the editorial team, she acquires books in music, media studies, as well as projects for Michigan’s digitalculturebooks imprint. (Author photograph by Lia Tjandra)