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Gregory Chalson's avatar

The River Publishers "Rapids" series is another: https://www.riverpublishers.com/series.php?msg=River_Rapids.

Texts between 50-120 pages on topics across the Applied Sciences with several sub-series. eBooks available through IEEE Xplore and IEEE Discovery Point, Knovel, and Taylor & Francis platforms. Also be available as paperbacks via the usual online retailers on a print-on-demand basis.

Also, catchpenny name.

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Dr. Jason Hung's avatar

Since you have Palgrave’s Pivot on the list, I would add SpringerBriefs there as an alternative/additional commercial academic press that publishes short-form monographs. I know Routledge also welcomes short-form submissions too. By the way, I appreciate your list. I've been trying to find an outlet for my short-form manuscript on Asia's passport powers, and have come across Columbia University Press's Asia Shorts from your list. I was not aware of the presence/availability of Columbia's Asia Shorts. Thanks for making the list - that's very informative.

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Masja Horn's avatar

And Brill's Minimonographs in Literary and Cultural Studies https://brill.com/display/serial/MLCS !

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Jessie Tepper's avatar

Really enjoyable and informative read!

There's also the CRC Press Focus books, which are shortform and published through Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/go/crc-press-focus-shortform#showHide

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Adam M. Rosen's avatar

Enjoyed this, as always!

I'd add OUP's Very Short Introductions

(https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/) and Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, which offers a deep analysis of a single album (https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/33-13/). They're at opposite ends of the depth spectrum, and I love them both.

Question: are any of the series you mention above open to non-scholars? 33 1/3, for instance, has published academics and music/pop culture writers.

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Alessandra Giliberto's avatar

Hi Laura, very inspiring newsletter as always! I would add Brill Research Perspectives to this list.

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