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Restricted words
Memo to anyone contributing comments to our blog posts To assure passage through our powerful filters, please do not use the following words (incomplete list): acai, tramadol, soma, ephedrine, Xanax, ambien, […]
Lawyer the Lincoln
What?! Matthew McConaughey to star in film adaptation of our book Lincoln the Lawyer?? Oops, no. Shelf Awareness reports that Tommy Lee Jones is slated to direct McConaughey in a film version of […]
The subtitle needs work
Yesterday, during a transmittal meeting, we spent some time discussing the subtitle of a forthcoming book. Was it as lively as the book’s content? Should we use the word “steel” in […]
I have a few Billys
What does your bookcase say about you? I have a few Billys but they hold CDs. Many of my books are stored in the garage waiting for that custom built shelf that […]
A random walk down University Press Row
-Columbia University Press blog highlights another perspective on scholarly publishing. -Harvard University Press launches site for A New Literary History of America. -NYU Press’s From the Square features Confessions of […]
Prologue to a what?
My “University of Illinois Press” Google alert has been especially active lately prompted by numerous concerned blog entries about Mark Lloyd, author of the 2006 book Prologue to a Farce: Communication and Democracy in […]
Yr humble servant
Years ago I decided to conclude most of my business e-mails “Best, Michael.” It seemed to be the best compromise of formal and informal. The Washington Post takes up the matter in […]
What’s my pitch?
As I prepare to follow up on a couple of forthcoming titles, it’s interesting to see what the thrice-daily publicity e-mails I receive say newspapers and magazines are really looking for: -Looking for hideous real estate […]
Sarah, see the whole court
What’s been overlooked in the coverage of Sarah Palin’s recent announcement to resign the Alaskan governorship is her very poor basketball analogy. Let me go back to a comfortable analogy […]
June 30, farewell
Today the Marketing Department says goodbye to two long term staff members. Assistant Marketing Director Barbara Horne retires after 30 years at the U of I and Marketing Designer Nancy Lopeman is […]
Controversial summer reading
Bookslut points to a story on a Chicago area school that was pressured by parents to remove a book from the school’s reading list. We had a bit of that […]