**Apologies for cross-posting**
Announcing: the new Policy Press Shorts format
Do you want to reach readers quickly for maximum impact?
Do you have original ideas and want to make a difference?
Policy Press has always been committed to flexible publishing which suits the changing needs of our readers. We are excited therefore to be launching our Policy Press Shorts format, designed to deliver commentary and cutting-edge research in a concise, easily accessible way.
Our new short-form titles, peer-reviewed and ranging from 20-50,000 words, are produced within 12 weeks and are available in paperback or hardback, and epub, kindle and epdf for both personal purchase and for libraries and institutions.
We offer three different options:
• Policy Press Shorts: insights - inspiring new social commentary and insights on topical issues, so you can join the debate quickly and authoritatively;
• Policy Press Shorts: research - books providing the latest cutting-edge research findings (longer than an article but shorter than a monograph) significantly quicker than the usual monograph route;
• Policy Press Shorts: policy and practice – works that will have an impact on policy and practice in key areas of society.
Some examples of the first Policy Press Shorts include:
Sixteen for '16: A progressive agenda for a better America by Salvatore J. Babones
Research
Female serial killers in social context: Criminological institutionalism and the case of Mary Ann Cotton by Elizabeth Yardley and David Wilson
Policy and practice
The battle of the bedroom tax: A study of fairness and the policy process By Dave Cowan and Alex Marsh
We are a not-for-profit specialist social science publisher and welcome proposals across a wide range of subjects. If you are interested in publishing your work in this format, please see our website and get in touch with our Commissioning Editor Victoria Pittman.
