A question for fellow scholars in the Humanities: how many copies do university presses and academic publishers usually publish of each title? What is a regular print run?
Question for Scholars
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Opinions, art, debate
A question for fellow scholars in the Humanities: how many copies do university presses and academic publishers usually publish of each title? What is a regular print run?
Clarissa's Blog 
Funny, the number 3000 popped into my head as soon as I read this post. But I have no idea at all whether it is correct. I think the number could well vary.
I tried to buy a book published by a friend of mine on The Song of Roland by Cornell University Press, about a decade ago. It turned out that the publisher had remaindered it very quickly and I never did get a copy.
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Let me guess…. print runs are a new cudgel to use against humanities researchers to keep their funding low?
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In ours, 250 copies. But it depends on how well they think it’ll sell.
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