{"id":2734,"date":"2024-06-25T22:15:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T22:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/?page_id=2734"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:34:16","slug":"chandos-publishing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/is-publications\/book-publishers\/chandos-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandos Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Publisher analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publisher<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Chandos Publishing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/publisher\/chandos-publishing\/\">Chandos Publishing Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0<\/strong>Chandos is \u201can international leading publisher in contemporary library and information science, and social science. With a truly global perspective, Chandos produces high-value resource books combining theory and practice for researchers, academics, and practitioners.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Target audience:\u00a0<\/strong>LIS professionals and those in the social sciences fields.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner:\u00a0<\/strong>O&#8217;Reilly (formerly Elsevier)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are published books peer reviewed?\u00a0<\/strong>Yes. Reilly&#8217;s book proposal form asks potential authors to list potential reviewers.<sup class=\"footnote\">2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of books published:\u00a0<\/strong>Reference, textbooks, research books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium:\u00a0<\/strong>Print and digital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics covered:\u00a0<\/strong>Over 300 titles are incorporated\u00a0\u00a0into the following key series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Information Professional Series<\/li>\n<li>Social Media Series<\/li>\n<li>Learning and Teaching Series<\/li>\n<li>Asian Studies Series<sup class=\"footnote\">3<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Number of titles published per year:\u00a0<\/strong>In 2020, Chandos published five books in the LIS field.<sup class=\"footnote\">4<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>About the publisher\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location of submission guidelines: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/16B8ZmpEj-DULGNb8X2NjpQPUnZMWUn5kM1ZBaN7pSUs\/copy\">Submission Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of submissions accepted: \u201c<\/strong>We offer a range of digital and print products to suit different subject areas, information types and customer needs. These include: reference, textbooks, fast-turn content, Major Reference Works, Reference Modules, stories and serials, laboratory and practical manuals, and atlases.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">5<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Information that needs to be included in your proposal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working Title<\/li>\n<li>Key Words<\/li>\n<li>Author(s) and\/or editors(s)<\/li>\n<li>Aims and scope\/Background and purpose<\/li>\n<li>Your intended audience and benefits<\/li>\n<li>Competing resources<\/li>\n<li>Table of contents<\/li>\n<li>Publishing Timeline<\/li>\n<li>Sample content\/chapter<\/li>\n<li>Qualified reviewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Submission and review process:\u00a0<\/strong>Download and fill out the proposal and send the completed form to our proposal mailbox including the following details in the subject line of your email:\u00a0 Proposal in (subject area) \/ (author name: working title)<sup class=\"footnote\">6<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editorial tone:\u00a0<\/strong>Professional. The home page for Chandos Publishing states that they produce books for researchers, academics and practitioners.<sup class=\"footnote\">7<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Style guide used:\u00a0<\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Evaluation of publisher\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n<p>Though O&#8217;Reilly is a large publishing house, LIS book authors could possibly find a good fit with Chandos. In 2020, some of their published book titles included <em>Disaster Planning for Special Libraries, Future Directions in Digital Information,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Technology, Change, and the Academic Library<\/em><i>.<\/i><sup class=\"footnote\">8<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Audience analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publisher\u2019s audience<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Size<\/strong>: Chandos is a sizable LIS publisher. Their online catalog shows 598 books currently in print.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0Chandos states that they are an international publisher for the global LIS community. They feature a book series entitled the <i>Asian Studies series<\/i>, producing titles such as\u00a0<i>China\u2019s Publishing Industry<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Scholarly Communication in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.<\/i>\u00a0Chandos also publishes international titles such as\u00a0<i>Succession Planning in Canadian Academic Libraries<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Australian Library Supervision and Management<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers of works published by Chandos will likely be LIS academics and professionals seeking out books on specific subject matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0The home page for Chandos publishing states that they publish for \u201cresearchers, academics and practitioners,\u201d so authors can assume that readers could potentially have an expert knowledge in the field.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n<p>Readers of works published by Chandos are LIS professionals located all over the world. With works such as\u00a0<i>Disaster Planning for Special Libraries<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>The Impact of Print-On-Demand on Academic Books<\/i>, it\u2019s clear that readers come to Chandos with well defined information needs that pertain to specific areas within the LIS field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last updated:<\/strong> June 25, 2024<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<div id=\"footnotes-14392\" class=\"footnotes\">\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn-14392-1\">\u201cAbout,\u201d Elsevier.com, accessed February 20, 2018,\u00a0<a title=\"Chandos Publishing Home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/books-and-journals\/chandos-publishing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/books-and-journals\/chandos-publishing<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-14392-2\">&#8220;Write a Book with Us,&#8221; O&#8217;Reilly, accessed June 25, 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/16B8ZmpEj-DULGNb8X2NjpQPUnZMWUn5kM1ZBaN7pSUs\/copy\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/16B8ZmpEj-DULGNb8X2NjpQPUnZMWUn5kM1ZBaN7pSUs\/copy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-14392-3\">\u201cAbout.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-14392-4\">\u201cAbout.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-14392-5\">\u201cAbout\u201d.<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-14392-6\">\u201cBook Authors.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-14392-7\">\u201cAbout.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-14392-8\">\u201cAbout.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher analysis About the publisher Name:\u00a0Chandos Publishing Website: Chandos Publishing Homepage Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Chandos is \u201can international leading publisher in contemporary library and information science, and social science. With a truly global perspective, Chandos produces high-value resource books combining theory and practice for researchers, academics, and practitioners.\u201d1 Target audience:\u00a0LIS professionals and those in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2734","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3246,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2734\/revisions\/3246"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}