Introduction

In April 2006, a nonscientific sample of art and architectural history editors was asked to complete a shortquestionnaire asking about the subject areas they manage, the number and types of publications issued by their press in arthistory and related subjects, submissions and the review process, costs of publication, sales, and the role of electronic publishingat their press. The 12 university press editors who responded represent most of the larger academic publishers of art andarchitectural history works. While the aggregated responses of these 12 respondents can be taken as generally indicative of theeditorial practices at university presses with significant commitments to publishing in the area of art and architecturalhistory, they should not be considered representative of university presses in general.

An additional 5 surveys were completed by editors at trade presses. Because this number is too small topermit meaningful generalizations, only the findings from university presses are covered in this report.