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 […]
Category: publishing
Publishing secrets revealed!
What does it take to get an article published in a scholarly journal? Sound, original scholarship, you say? That’s important, but what about presentation? How do you go about interesting […]
Open source textbooks at U of I?
The local newspaper, The News-Gazette, has a feature story this morning on the University’s pursuit of an open source textbook model. The leader of the initiative, Charles Evans, is considering […]
Academic presses vs. academic libraries
The June 14, 2010, issue of Publishers Weekly includes a long piece on the university press suit of Georgia State University. The case, known as Cambridge University Press, et al. […]
E-profit
Inside Higher Ed reports today on the use of e-textbooks at for-profit universities. E-textbooks might be the most-talked about and least-used learning tools in traditional higher education. Campus libraries and […]
Follow the wampum
University of Illinois Press Director Willis Regier was quoted in a Harvard Crimson story this week regarding the alleged false resume claims made by former Harvard student Adam B. Wheeler. On the […]
Provocative publicist pitch
As a publicist, it irks me when a reviewer uses the publicity material that accompanies a book as a jumping off point for a book review. However, if the reviewer uses the publicity material […]
Copyright Intrigue! by Joe
Maybe you’ve heard about the troubles that local Champaign-Urbana band Elsinore recently encountered with the cover artwork for their new album, Yes Yes Yes. The artwork is a painting by […]
SMU Press’ operations put on hold
Inside Higher Ed reported on May 7, 2010, that Southern Methodist University has suspended the operations of its Press. A statement for the senators from the faculty advisory committee for […]
Fanelli’s findings
On first blush, the results of the PLoS ONE study by Daniele Fanelli don’t seem so surprising: Researcher productivity positively correlates with experimental finds that support a given hypothesis. What […]
Lady Gaga’s New Clothes
Thanks to Tony over at the Penn State Press blog for bringing this video, apparently from a Dorling Kindersley sales conference, to my attention. Perfect food for thought late on a Friday afternoon […]
“The last song played was provided for free by the record company, which I also met for lunch…”
In October of 2009 I linked to a Galley Cat story about a new FTC rule that required book bloggers to disclose that reviewed books were provided for free by a publisher. In […]