https://nasirus.com/blog/ Essays and guides on scholarly publishing, peer review and press management. en https://nasirus.com/blog/choosing-a-journal-management-system/ https://nasirus.com/blog/choosing-a-journal-management-system/ Manuscript tracking system, electronic journal system, peer-review platform — different names for one category. Where its boundaries lie, what the options are, and the questions to ask before choosing. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/how-a-book-gets-printed/ https://nasirus.com/blog/how-a-book-gets-printed/ Printing is a production decision, not a purchase. From signature arithmetic to paper choice, from the offset–digital threshold to the print-run call: reading a printer's quote as a publisher. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/how-to-start-an-academic-journal/ https://nasirus.com/blog/how-to-start-an-academic-journal/ Editorial board, ISSN registration, first call for papers, indexing roadmap — the founding of a peer-reviewed journal, with its formal steps and a realistic timetable. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/printings-editions-and-isbn/ https://nasirus.com/blog/printings-editions-and-isbn/ Reprint or new edition? The distinction decides the ISBN, and it is the one publishers get wrong most often. A decision table, the imprint page, and how the hierarchy should sit in a system. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/publisher-inventory-consignment-returns/ https://nasirus.com/blog/publisher-inventory-consignment-returns/ "How many do we have?" has three correct answers in a press: in the warehouse, on consignment, sold. The facts about book inventory that general stock software does not know. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/publishing-software-which-category/ https://nasirus.com/blog/publishing-software-which-category/ Near-identical search terms lead to entirely different products. We separate the six categories in the publishing-software market and show which words take you where. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/recognised-publisher-status-turkiye/ https://nasirus.com/blog/recognised-publisher-status-turkiye/ Authors ask whether a book will count towards promotion. Where the definition sits in regulation, how court rulings changed it, what the associate professorship criteria require, and how a press prepares for the status. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/submitting-a-book-manuscript-to-a-publisher/ https://nasirus.com/blog/submitting-a-book-manuscript-to-a-publisher/ For authors: how to prepare the file, what belongs in the cover letter, how long a reply takes. For publishers: how to build a submissions desk, how to write a rejection, what to measure. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/what-is-a-book-management-system/ https://nasirus.com/blog/what-is-a-book-management-system/ One term, two different worlds: the library system that manages books you acquired, and the publishing system that manages books you produce. The difference, the anatomy of a book record, and how to choose. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/nasirus-v2-release/ https://nasirus.com/blog/nasirus-v2-release/ Books, journals, articles, and chapters now run through one system. Here are the highlights of our biggest release yet. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/what-is-a-publishing-management-system/ https://nasirus.com/blog/what-is-a-publishing-management-system/ There's journal software, accounting software, e-commerce platforms — but what runs the whole press? Defining the category, its essential modules, and how to choose. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/double-blind-peer-review/ https://nasirus.com/blog/double-blind-peer-review/ Anonymous review underpins academic trust. What double-blind peer review is, why it remains the most preferred model, and how to protect anonymity in practice. Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/publishing-automation/ https://nasirus.com/blog/publishing-automation/ Automation doesn't mean 'let the system do everything.' A realistic automation map for publishers: drudgery to the machine, judgment to people. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/journal-issue-to-online-store/ https://nasirus.com/blog/journal-issue-to-online-store/ From the table-of-contents editor to proofs, from publication to articles going live automatically — how a journal issue flows through Nasirus. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/ecommerce-for-publishers/ https://nasirus.com/blog/ecommerce-for-publishers/ Selling books is not like selling t-shirts. ISBN-driven catalogs, banderole-tracked stock, digital access, and the royalty chain — publishing's own e-commerce requirements. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/call-for-chapters-to-edited-volume/ https://nasirus.com/blog/call-for-chapters-to-edited-volume/ Opening a call for chapters is easy; managing fifty authors, two review phases, and all their deadlines is not. The edited-volume workflow, end to end. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/kvkk-data-protection-checklist-publishers/ https://nasirus.com/blog/kvkk-data-protection-checklist-publishers/ Explicit consent, retention periods, reviewer data, and e-commerce customer records — the 12 points every publishing house should review. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/acceptance-to-print-production-pipeline/ https://nasirus.com/blog/acceptance-to-print-production-pipeline/ Copyediting, translation, typesetting, cover, and print — the anatomy of turning an accepted manuscript into a book, with parallel tracks and quality gates. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/reviewer-tracking-system/ https://nasirus.com/blog/reviewer-tracking-system/ Reviewer management is more than keeping a list of names: expertise matching, workload balance, invitation tracking, performance records. The anatomy of a good reviewer tracking system. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/tr-dizin-peer-review-records/ https://nasirus.com/blog/tr-dizin-peer-review-records/ TR Dizin requires documented peer review: reports, decisions, a process file. What the criteria demand of your process records — and how to have the file ready from day one. Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/designing-a-good-submission-form/ https://nasirus.com/blog/designing-a-good-submission-form/ Incomplete submissions are the editorial office's biggest time sink. Design principles for a form that doesn't scare authors off yet captures everything editors need. Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/diamond-open-access/ https://nasirus.com/blog/diamond-open-access/ As APC invoices balloon, diamond open access is back in the spotlight. What the model is, where it stands globally, and why it fits university publishing so naturally. Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/roles-and-permissions-in-publishing/ https://nasirus.com/blog/roles-and-permissions-in-publishing/ Should the accountant see reviewer reports, or the store operator see author correspondence? The finer points of role and permission design in publishing software. Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/university-press-management-guide/ https://nasirus.com/blog/university-press-management-guide/ The regulation is out, the publication committee is formed — now what? The daily realities of a university press: workflows, roles, ISBNs, sales, and institutional memory. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/why-finding-reviewers-got-harder/ https://nasirus.com/blog/why-finding-reviewers-got-harder/ Editors sending 20+ invitations to secure reviewers for one article are no longer the exception. Reviewer fatigue in numbers, and the realistic options editors have. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/dergipark-what-it-does-and-doesnt/ https://nasirus.com/blog/dergipark-what-it-does-and-doesnt/ DergiPark is the backbone of Türkiye's academic journal infrastructure. So which of a university press's needs does it leave uncovered? Ask the right question before hunting for alternatives. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/author-royalties-contracts-payouts/ https://nasirus.com/blog/author-royalties-contracts-payouts/ What should the royalty rate be, what belongs in the contract, what is the payout calculated on? From the requirements of Turkish copyright law to industry practice — a publisher's guide. Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/how-long-does-peer-review-take/ https://nasirus.com/blog/how-long-does-peer-review-take/ You submitted your article and the phone stays silent. How many weeks to a first decision is normal, where the time actually goes, and what speeds it up — with data. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/print-or-digital/ https://nasirus.com/blog/print-or-digital/ The digital revolution was declared twenty years ago; university presses still earn most of their revenue from print. The data points to a hybrid reality, not a binary. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/hidden-cost-of-scattered-tools/ https://nasirus.com/blog/hidden-cost-of-scattered-tools/ Publishers aren't worn down by a lack of tools but by an abundance of them. Submissions in email, reviews in a spreadsheet, sales on another site — what gets lost is context. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/what-is-an-edited-volume/ https://nasirus.com/blog/what-is-an-edited-volume/ How an edited volume differs from a single-author book, where it stands in academic evaluation, and the rights and duties of chapter authors and editors along the way. Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nasirus.com/blog/isbn-banderole-publisher-certificate-turkey/ https://nasirus.com/blog/isbn-banderole-publisher-certificate-turkey/ The three official pillars of publishing a book in Türkiye: the publisher's certificate, the ISBN, and the banderole. Who applies where, in what order, and how editions map to ISBNs. 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