The Guardian observes the collector’s market for advance reading copies. Book collectors are a funny lot. Unlike readers, who are concerned with what’s inside the book, the true delight of any […]
Category: publishing
E-Textbooks at Indiana
The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus section published a column today on Indiana University’s experiment with E-Textbooks. Here’s how it works: Students in a select group of courses are required to […]
Why is a new university press hardcover $69.50?
This morning’s edition of Inside Higher Ed includes a blog contribution by Joshua Kim that questions the price of a recent hardcover book published by Temple University Press. Randy Martin’s […]
Accidental thief confesses
Our handwriting experts have been dispatched to Chicago… To Whom It May Concern: A note of apology — I accidentally picked up this book at a book fair in Chicago, and […]
For Sale: “Uncorrected Advance Proof Not for Resale”
One of our forthcoming books recently popped up on ebay. In mid-July, I shipped advance copies of Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe (September 2011) to […]
Michael, we have recommendations for you
A few weeks ago when Michael Charry’s new biography of George Szell was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and Huffington Post on the same day, I checked […]
Pay over $100 for a web review?
A print publication recently e-mailed me with the offer of paying $100+ for an online review of one of our new books. The publication had requested the book from our catalog and […]
A new series: Dissident Feminisms
Series Editor: Piya Chatterjee, University of California, Riverside The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce a new series, Dissident Feminisms, which seeks new feminist writing that traverses the […]
E-book rentals from University Presses
Inside Higher Ed reported today on how some university presses are incorporating e-book rentals into marketing plans. Rental options might not catalyze a full-fledged e-book boom, press officials say. But they might […]
“Breaking News”
We had an author interview canceled today by WGN-TV due to “breaking news.” Our former governor just doesn’t know when to stop making my life difficult. […]
iTunes: 33% of music market
I’ve been carrying the May 14, 2011, Billboard magazine around with me since one of my Journals colleagues put it in my mailbox. I’m convinced that it somehow tells the future of […]
New Editors for the Contemporary Film Directors Series by Daniel Nasset
Justus Nieland and Jennifer Fay are delighted to serve as the new editors of Illinois’s Contemporary Film Directors series. James Naremore is a tough act to follow. Jim has created a […]