Goodbye, Pat
October 10, 2005, was my first day on the job here at the University of Illinois Press. The person who hired me, then Marketing Director Pat Hoefling, had decided to move back to […]
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Abe Lincoln virtual book signing
On Saturday, July 10, 2010, the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago will host University of Illinois Press author Mark Lause for a virtual book signing. Beginning at noon, Dr. Lause […]
Starting to lay the groundwork for a different future
An NPR piece from July 8, 2010, Stanford Ushers In The Age Of Bookless Libraries, continues the e-book conversation. Library chief Helen Josephine says that in the past five years, most […]
NPR’s The Picture Show features “Hard Luck Blues”
The July 2, 2010, edition of NPR’s The Picture Show featured photographs from Rich Remsberg’s new book Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music Photographs from the Great Depression. The book documents a […]
Latin America Book Review interviews
Nicholas Crowder, host of Latin America Book Review, has been very active recording author interviews and posting sounds files on the site. He recently interviewed Norman Whitten about his most recent book Puyo Runa: Imagery and Power […]
Best of 2010, midyear report part 2
Best PSA of the year: “Embrace Life” by the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership. The orange octopus, the hallucinatory wallpaper, the looks of grief, dread, shame. Regard the man’s pose of […]
The Edge of Change on Book-TV
The Poynter Institute recently hosted an event celebrating the publication of The Edge of Change: Women in the Twenty-First-Century Press, edited by June O. Nicholson, Pamela J. Creedon, Wanda S. […]
Best of 2010, midyear report
Michael Roux, Publicity Manager Favorite CD: Joanna Newsom–Have One On Me Favorite Song: Joanna Newsom-’81 Favorite Cover Version: The Angry Whistler–’81 […]
What is a publication date?
The week that I started at the Press a new book arrived from the printer. It was placed on my desk with the expectation that I would assign it a “publication […]
A Knight in Istanbul
In book publishing we’re busy talking about the need to expand our social networking efforts, to create online communities around books and authors, to consider content from the customer’s perspective […]
Judy McCulloh, NEA honoree
Woo hoo! Retired University of Illinois Press acquisitions editor Judy McCulloh will be one of 18 artists to receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. […]
PBS’ History Detectives investigate the Theremin
Albert Glinsky, author of the University of Illinois Press book Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, will appear on the PBS series History Detectives on Monday, June 28, 2010. From the […]