Ask Our Staff: EAs Explain the Manuscript Submission Process

This video covers the manuscript preparation process and provides tips for authors navigating final submission.
In our EA Roundtable video series, our Asian and Latin American Studies Editor Enrique Ochoa-Kaup talks with Editorial Assistants Aline Dolinh and Chad Attenborough, and Naja Pulliam Collins, a former editorial assistant who is now our Environmental Studies and Geography Editor, about what an EA does and their crucial touchpoints with authors.
One of the primary roles of the EA is to prepare and hand off the manuscript to production, a process that we call a transmittal. The EA works closely with the author to gather the elements of the manuscript, art program, and paperwork (including permissions) to ensure that the book goes into production on time. The EA moves the process along, providing detailed instructions to the authors and answering any questions that come up.
Learn more at www.ucpress.edu/blog/64425/ask-our-staff-how-to-work-with-an-editorial-assistant/