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A random walk down university press row

Posted on June 19, 2009 by michael
in higher education, publishing

-Indiana University Press blog announces an electronic content initiative. -Duke University Press blog encourages readers to follow the recent advice of Inside Higher Ed. -Princeton University Press blog spreads the fertilizer […]

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Twitter vs. Blogs

Posted on June 18, 2009 by michael
in publishing

I’ve been reading the responses to Scott McLemee’s Twitter piece at Inside Higher Ed.  Malcolm L. Campbell comments: I can understand why a university press blog would read like a string of press releases […]

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Twitter ed

Posted on June 17, 2009 by michael
in all things digital, higher education, publishing

Scott McLemee investigates Twitter use at university presses. […]

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A tale of two mailings

Posted on June 16, 2009 by michael
in miscellaneous

Last week I shipped a handful of The Only True God review copies to bloggers.  One of the sites, Antiquitopia, has posted a piece about receiving the book. Last night I received […]

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Sports Illustrated speaks with George Kirsch

Posted on June 15, 2009 by michael
in interviews, sports history

George Kirsch, author of the new book Golf in America, was interviewed by Sports Illustrated for its article on golf during the depression. By the time the U.S. entered World War […]

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Printers Row redux

Posted on June 12, 2009 (June 16, 2009) by michael
in Chicago, Illinois / regional, press events

A week ago today we headed north for the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. 2009 turned out to be our most successful show to date, with twelve authors on […]

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Harper’s Magazine online interviews David Beito

Posted on June 11, 2009 (June 11, 2009) by michael
in black studies, interviews

David Beito, co author of the new book Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power, was interviewed by Scott Horton for Harper’s online. Q. “You […]

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Book-TV at Printers Row

Posted on June 11, 2009 (July 10, 2009) by michael
in author events, interviews

C-Span’s Book-TV filmed a handful of University of Illinois Press authors live at the Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6. Watch Karen Graves, C. Todd White, Margaret Washington, and David […]

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On the future of scholarly publishing

Posted on June 10, 2009 (June 10, 2009) by michael
in publishing

Eleven editors and directors, including UIP’s own Joan Catapano, share their perspectives on academic publishing with the Chronicle of Higher Education. […]

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The Hegel-Heidegger-Heisenberg circuit

Posted on June 9, 2009 (June 9, 2009) by michael
in backlist classics, publishing

Peter J. Dougherty, director of Princeton University Press, celebrates the original publication and continued printing of the University of Illinois Press’s The Mathematical Theory of Communication in his Chronicle of Higher Education piece […]

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Monotheism by James F. McGrath

Posted on June 9, 2009 by michael
in author commentary, religion

“Monotheism” sounds like such a simple idea. What could possibly be simpler than having only one of something? But if there is anything that is not straightforward in the study […]

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We don’t like your manuscript submission so we’re going to make fun of you

Posted on June 8, 2009 (June 8, 2009) by michael
in all things digital

Very Short List recommends a website today that features audio samples of rejected music demos sent to a record label. I doubt that any of the aspiring artists gave the […]

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