A free Juneau talk on how a manuscript becomes a book

Two editors from the press that publishes the University of Alaska's books will explain how a manuscript becomes one, at a free public talk in Juneau on Saturday.

Michelle Chen and Darrin Pratt of the University Press of Colorado will walk through how a press decides which manuscripts to take on, how a proposal and a draft come together, and how peer review works. It starts at 3 pm in the Alaska State Library Reading Room and is open to anyone, sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum.

The press is a cooperative of Colorado institutions that also publishes for the universities of Alaska, Utah and Wyoming. Chen acquires books in polar studies, history and folklore, among other fields. The connection to Alaska is active: the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Alaska Native Language Center put out three new books through the press this summer.