The UIUC libraries have generously allowed the University of Illinois Press to close our 90th anniversary celebrations with an exhibit in the Main North-South Hallway of the Main Library. The […]
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A random walk down university press row
-PSU Press has a snack controversy. -NYU Press has a new blog. -Duke University Press’s blog touts a new edition available as a free download. -University of Washington Press celebrates its […]
Google suit settled
Inside Higher Ed reports that a lawsuit pitting writers and publishers against Google has been settled. “Under the settlement, Google will pay the authors and publishers who have already sued […]
Salt Lake City – The Last Days
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Pilot program for e-textbooks
The University of Texas at Austin, in coordination with John Wiley & Sons, is testing an e-textbook program, reports today’s Inside Higher Ed. “Many observers, both in academe and in the publishing […]
But I wanted that sentence to read ambiguously
In honor of Carol Betts’s retirement, I offer up a glowing example of how authors really do value their copy editors (via the New York Times): What My Copy Editor […]
Taking the monograph online
The Chronicle of Higher Education investigates two new digital models for academic presses. “Scholarly publishers are well aware that more and more readers and libraries want to get hold of monographs […]
Would You Like a Receipt?
The University of Michigan library has installed an Espresso Book Machine, also known as the “ATM of books.” For around $10, patrons can use it to print any out-of-copyright book […]
eBooks in a digital Utopia
Mitch Ratcliffe on the ZDNet blog highlights some of the initial problems many see with nascent ebooks. He ties the lack of a standard accepted digital format (with ePub on […]
Notester
Inside Higher Ed reports this morning on a new online notesharing service that has attracted venture capital and generated some copyright concerns. […]
A few views from the UIC reception, September 17, 2008
Kris & Kendra descend the stairs. UIC staff distribute anniversary bags. Attendees listen to […]