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. […]
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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 […]
A disincentive for course adoptions?
Soon after we publish a new edited volume we send a message to the book’s editors and contributors thanking them for their work and encouraging them to adopt the book for […]
Run for your lives! eBooks are the future (and the now)!
Today I attended a UIP brown bag lunch about social media sites and how we can use these sites to better promote UIP and its books and journals (and, in […]
One copy for the whole class
Inside Higher Ed reports today on a copyright case at UCLA. The school offers password protected access to assigned films for students to view outside the classroom on their personal computers. […]