Video game webcomic Penny Arcade announces a new book format: they call it “Book”, and it features “an intuitive, touch-based interface.” “Book” also performs extremely well in drop tests and […]
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A random walk down university press row
-UNC Press Blog is following American Idol‘s final 13. -Duke University Press Blog observes Barbie’s 50th birthday. -Neither blog mentions either of these numbers: 79-71. -Penn State University Press Blog compares the Kindle to […]
Google Alert (in 36 Languages)
This New York Times article explains pretty clearly the lengths to which Google is going to alert the world’s authors of the terms of its book settlement. So far, more […]
All it took was a phone call
For almost three years now I’ve been confused by the method of communication used by a popular online-only review publication. To request a review copy, or alert me to a published […]
Farewell, Susie
After 30 years of service to the University of Illinois, Assistant Sales Manager Susie Dueringer is retiring from the Press. Susie has helped keep the Press functioning in many different ways, […]
Style points
The new Harper’s Magazine arrived yesterday with a cover story (subscription required) titled “The Last Book Party.” Yes, it’s another article on the death of publishing. Or, I think it is. I […]
Kindleizing Technoland
The New York Times’ review of Amazon’s new Kindle is worth reading. The point everyone is missing is that in Technoland, nothing ever replaces anything. E-book readers won’t replace books. […]
Jason Epstein on the future of publishing
Tools of Change for Publishing has posted Jason Epstein’s keynote address given at the recent TOC conference. I don’t have to tell anyone here that we are at the end of the […]
Princeton’s problems with pirates
Inside Higher Ed reports this morning on Princeton University Press’s recent experience tracking pirated copies of its books. For several months, Princeton had a staffer focused on identifying piracy sites […]
A random walk down university press row
-UNC Press Blog lets a cat post something to its site. -Indiana University Press blog types the praises of Helvetica. -Penn State University Press blog shares a personal John Updike story and announces […]
Is it an audiobook?
Yahoo! reports that there could be legal concerns over a feature on the new Kindle. One small, experimental feature in the device is already causing a minor uproar. Specifically: The Kindle 2’s […]
Changes coming to Book Expo
Publishers Weekly reports that changes are coming to BEA. Future shows through 2012 will be in New York and held Tuesday-Thursday, instead of Thursday-Sunday. There is still no agreed upon general public […]