CrimeTalk Books
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CrimeTalk Books have now published three titles. We will publish both e-books and print volumes, both scientific and general books - in any area of criminology. But we will be especially interested in either academic or popular books in critical criminology in e-book format, with huge potential for integration with the web via its use of weblinks, graphics, photos and video. Above all, we aim to deliver high quality criminology in contemporary formats using the latest technology in the best traditions of the co-operative movement.
The Sociology of Deviance: an Obituary by Colin Sumner. Paperback and pdf.
Sociologìa de la Desviación: un Obituario by Colin Sumner. H/b, p/b and pdf.
Bhopal: Flowers at the Altar of Profit and Power by Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs. Pdf.
As a publisher, editor and university professor, I am an experienced editor with both books and journals. I have played editorial roles on several academic journals: in 1997 I co-founded and co-edited the international journal Theoretical Criminology (Sage Publications), edited the book series New Directions in Criminology (Open UP) and edited the Blackwell Companion to Criminology in 2004. So, your book will get my close attention and receive a higher quality service than you can expect from a traditional publisher - you will be working with a social science professor not an English graduate or a commissioning editor. Your royalty percentage will be greater than is usual in traditional publishing contracts, although you will need to do some of your own marketing. And of course for these reasons you will have much more control over your book publication than you are used to.
E-books have been very successful with fiction writing and students in the USA at least now regularly use a Kindle or an iPad. Industry formats are converging. There is no reason why quality scholarship or non-fiction cannot be similarly commercially viable. The kind of writing I have been encouraging in CrimeTalk - literary and general not technical and exclusive, high quality but comprehensible - would make good use of e-book formats. As the e-book evolves, it is easy to see it coming into its own as a distinct form of publishing with unique features and possibilities.
Our first few books will come from myself and people who have written for CrimeTalk. But I am interested in any good ideas, so please do write to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are interested in publishing with me. Young scholars are especially welcome and may well make the best use of new e-book formats. Our books will be aimed at a broad, global market, and conventional academic manuscripts will certainly be welcomed, providing there are foreseeable sales. Discuss your idea or project with me at an early stage for the most efficient procedure and format.