University of California Publishing Services

Benefits

• Reach a broader audience and drive print sales
• Focus on the scholarly publishing rather than on distribution and web platform development
• Protect your intellectual assets with a trustworthy preservation solution
• Streamline the management of peer review and manuscript production
• Track the usage and sales of your publications

Shared Resource Model
UCPubS is part of the University of California's broader effort to ensure a sustainable scholarly publishing system that supports the University's research and teaching enterprise. By coordinating the publishing efforts of UC Press, California Digital Library, and publishing partners throughout the UC system, UC PubS extends the University's capacity to disseminate its scholarship to the world.

Campus Publishing Partner: Selection of content, peer review, editing, design, and composition
eScholarship: Open-access digital publishing, peer review and manuscript management tools, preservation
University of California Press: Sales, distribution, and fulfillment of print, online marketing, print-on-demand

A program of the California Digital Library, eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide.

University of California Press publications are sold through retail outlets and to libraries throughout the world, informing a diverse audience of general readers, students, scholars, policymakers, and activists.

Publishing Partners

The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP)
Global, Area, and International Archive (GAIA)
The Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA
Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley
The Regional History Project, University Library, UC Santa Cruz
UCLA Graduate Students Association / Carte Italiane

University of California Publications

• UC Publications in Entomology
• UC Publications in Geological Sciences
• UC Publications in Linguistics
• UC Publications in Zoology
• Constancea: University of California Electronic Publications in Botany

Please make sure you have the most current version of the following information and forms and be sure to register your forthcoming publications in December and June of each year.

Enroll your publication in the program
» Publication Information Form*
Publication Information Forms are due January 15 for fall catalog (publications that arrive at UC Press the following June through December) and July 1 for the spring catalog (publications that arrive at UC Press the following January through May). Once the title, author/editor name (as it will appear in publication), and ISBN have submitted and approved, they cannot be changed. Late information or revisions to the form may result in inconsistent or inaccurate bibliographic information in our data feeds. However, if you do need to update other information on the form after submitting it, please email laura.cerruti@ucpress.edu your revisions rather than resubmitting the form. It is especially important to keep us apprised of any changes to the projected delivery date of finished publications or final press-ready manuscript files.

Prepare your publication for distribution
» Publication Specifications
» Checklist for Preparing Press-Ready Manuscripts
» Instructions of Preparing Press-Ready Files (pdf) (word template for 7" x 10" trim size)
» Packing and Shipping Instructions - Instructions for partners providing UC Press with finished books for distribtuion

» Request a Cover Template (email laura.cerruti@ucpress.edu) - If you are using UC Press print-on-demand, please request a cover template. If you request the template directly from us, please include in your email the author, title, ISBN, printed page count (must be divisible by 2) and trim size for your publication. Also indicate the file type you would like to receive (Quark/EPS/InDesign/PDF) and your attachment preference (None/Stuffit/Zip).

UC Press has gathered together a list of recommended vendors and informational websites that can aid you in producing final press-ready files or finished books that comply with our requirements.
Download the full list here.

Specifically, these resources can help you with:

• Copyediting, Proofreading, Design, Typesetting, and Project Management
• Manufacturing of color books
• Copyright
• Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Information
• ISBNS and Bar Codes
• Book and Carton Labels

UC Press has recommends these vendors and websites; however, we cannot guarantee the quality of information or work done by entities not managed directly by UC Press.

UC Publishing Services offers services to University of California centers, institutes, departments who are engaged in publishing activities.

Learn how UCPubS can extend the reach of your publishing program: ucpublishing@ucop.edu

Laura Cerruti, Director of Digital Content Development
University of California Press
laura.cerruti@ucpress.edu
510-643-9793

Catherine Mitchell, Director, Publishing Program
California Digital Library
catherine.mitchell@ucop.edu
510-587-6132