The Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed a variety of university press staff for its latest assessment of academic publishing. Low sales, high numbers of books returned, operating subsidies threatened by state and […]
Category: publishing
Quote of the day
“Either university presses will embrace new technology and offer scholarly content in new forms to researchers and under new business models, or they will follow the music industry and spend […]
More experts needed
The daily e-mails seeking experts for future news stories keep coming. My current favorites: -Bars in NYC with Ms. Pac-Man game –pet hypnotist –Reality Stars Who Love Baseball –business blogging disasters? […]
Layoffs at Oxford University Press
Publishers Weekly reports that Oxford University Press is cutting 60 positions in its U.S. offices. OUP spokesperson Christian Purdy said besides shedding jobs, the press was not planning any dramatic […]
University press sales report
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports today on the most recent sales survey conducted by the Association of American University Presses. How badly has the recession hit university presses? In a […]
Three university presses share grant from Mellon Foundation for book series in folklore
The University of Illinois Press, the University Press of Mississippi, and the University of Wisconsin Press, in collaboration with the American Folklore Society, have been awarded a grant from the […]
Concerns at Utah State University Press
Inside Higher Ed reports today that the state budget situation in Utah may imperil Utah State University Press. […]
Washington Post’s Book World on the cutting block?
Scott McLemee at Intellectual Affairs posted earlier today that the Washington Post‘s section “Book World” might cease due to budget cuts. I love the argument that sports sections aren’t sponsored […]
An e-textbook world?
Inside Higher Ed reports today on Northwest Missouri State University’s move to be an e-book only school. “Northwest Missouri has long bought textbooks on its students’ behalf, renting them in […]
“The dream”
We’ve all had “the dream,” right? We arrive at the classroom to take final exams but haven’t yet studied for the test. At some point during my time in the music business this […]
Follow the links home
A January 8 post on Bookslut points to VQR‘s top 10 poetry books of 2008, which led me to a comment below that refers to this ZYZZYVASPEAKS post, which mentions our own […]
We’re cutting back on our Four Seasons lunches
Today’s Shelf Awareness newsletter points to a New York Times piece on the new austerity in book publishing. “Venerable houses including HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Penguin Group, Random House and Simon […]