UC Publishing Services

Harnessing the publishing expertise of UC Press and CDL’s eScholarship program, UC Publishing Services (UCPUBS) provides a wide range of tailored solutions for both traditional and open access publishing. 

Designed for editorially independent programs within the University of California system, UCPUBS offers flexible, scalable options for departments, research units, and university affiliates. With over 200 books and 130 journals produced annually, our team has the experience to help you bring your project to life.

We can help with:

• Scholarly books and journals
• Textbooks, course packs, and supplemental course materials
• Manuals, reports, and materials for professional use
• Open educational resources (OERs)
• Conference and symposia proceedings
• Reissues of out-of-print books
• Preprints

With our diverse expertise, we provide a variety of publishing services for UC campus entities and nonprofits, including but not limited to:

• Editorial project management
• Copyediting
• Design
• Typesetting
• Proofreading
• Open access book and journal publishing services
• Sales and distribution (print on demand and ebook)
• Credit and collections management
• Title information distribution to major consumer and library vendors
• Indexing
• DOIs
• Multiple or mixed revenue models: open access, ebook and print sales
• Peer review management for journals
• Persistent access and preservation 
• Sales reports and usage statistics
• Preprint community infrastructure
• Repository services for postprints, working papers, reports, etc.
• Consultation on your publishing project

Looking for a home for your new or existing publishing program? Or need help with something else? Reach out to our team! Filling out an interest form helps us learn more about your organization and project, so we can connect you with the right person for a consultation.

Book Projects

If you have a book project you are looking to publish, please fill out our Book Interest Form. 

Journal Projects

If you have a journal you are looking to publish, please fill out our Journal Interest Form. 

Other Scholarly Resources 

If you are interested in publishing preprints, conference & symposia proceedings, postprints, reports, institutional histories, etc. please email us at ucpubs@ucpress.edu. 

If you have additional questions, please email us at ucpubs@ucpress.edu or help@escholarship.org.