Learning to be the best advocate
for your book begins now.

The Cornell University Press Marketing Academy provides you with the latest marketing insights and skills to help you reach the largest possible audience for your book.

Learn how to partner with the CUP Marketing Team

Through this series of courses, authors learn to be valued and valuable marketing partners. We've found that success comes through sharing the skills we have with our authors so that they become ambassadors for their own book as well.
From basic, entry-level techniques, all the way through to advanced, professional marketing skills, the Cornell University Press Marketing Academy will set you and your book up for even greater success. 
Write your awesome label here.

"Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell."

—Seth Godin

Learn the skills you need to help make sure your book makes an impact.

Feel more confident

Self promotion can be intimidating. We get it. Leave it to the professionals, right? Except, with a little knowledge, you can quickly feel more confident about your ability to share your ideas.

It's a team effort

We do a lot to promote your book, but we can't do it all. Learning the skills you need to become part of the marketing team makes you an ambassador for your own book.

Think big!

With the knowledge you gain from the CUP Marketing Academy you can take your book to the next level. Push beyond the expected. Grab opportunity by the horns!

Level-Up Your Skills

Whether you know nothing about marketing or you are on your third book and have been there, done that, we think there are always thing you can learn. Marketing changes so quickly that even a seasoned professional needs to stay on top of new developments.

It's a team effort!

Be Part of Your
Book's Success!

Embrace new ideas and skills that will make sure your new book shine.

Through simple, clear, and effective courses that cover the myriad aspects of modern book marketing, learn new ideas and skills that will help you improve the visibility of you and your book. 

Martyn Beeny
Director of
Marketing & Sales

"One of the most important things I've learned in my nearly twenty years in book marketing is that partnering with authors to help market their books leads to far more success than when we try to do it alone."

Empowered Authors = Successful Authors

These great authors have been through the 
Cornell University Press Marketing Academy already.
It's time to join them!

Amy Godine

Author of The Black Woods
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Paul Robinson

Author of Russian Liberalism
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Nimisha Barton

Author of A Just Future
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Explore the Courses

The Cornell University Press Marketing Academy believes in embracing innovative ideas and creativity to help transform our authors' approach to promoting their work. 
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