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July 12, 2010

CNN’s Belief Blog features Richard Hughes

author commentary religion

Richard Hughes, author of the recent book Christian America and the Kingdom of God, addresses the nation’s cultural divide at CNN.com. “83% of the American people claim to be Christians. If those […]

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July 9, 2010 (July 9, 2010)

Goodbye, Pat

miscellaneous

October 10, 2005, was my first day on the job here at the University of Illinois Press. The person who hired me, then Marketing Director Pat Hoefling, had decided to move back to […]

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July 9, 2010 (July 9, 2010)

Abe Lincoln virtual book signing

author events

On Saturday, July 10, 2010, the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago will host University of Illinois Press author Mark Lause for a virtual book signing. Beginning at noon, Dr. Lause […]

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July 9, 2010

Starting to lay the groundwork for a different future

all things digital publishing

An NPR piece from July 8, 2010, Stanford Ushers In The Age Of Bookless Libraries, continues the e-book conversation. Library chief Helen Josephine says that in the past five years, most […]

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July 8, 2010 (July 8, 2010)

NPR’s The Picture Show features “Hard Luck Blues”

interviews music

The July 2, 2010, edition of NPR’s The Picture Show featured photographs from Rich Remsberg’s new book Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music Photographs from the Great Depression. The book documents a […]

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July 7, 2010

Latin America Book Review interviews

interviews

Nicholas Crowder, host of Latin America Book Review, has been very active recording author interviews and posting sounds files on the site. He recently interviewed Norman Whitten about his most recent book Puyo Runa: Imagery and Power […]

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July 6, 2010

Best of 2010, midyear report part 2

best of lists

Best PSA of the year: “Embrace Life” by the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership. The orange octopus, the hallucinatory wallpaper, the looks of grief, dread, shame. Regard the man’s pose of […]

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July 6, 2010

The Edge of Change on Book-TV

author events

The Poynter Institute recently hosted an event celebrating the publication of The Edge of Change: Women in the Twenty-First-Century Press, edited by June O. Nicholson, Pamela J. Creedon, Wanda S. […]

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July 1, 2010

Best of 2010, midyear report

best of lists

Michael Roux, Publicity Manager Favorite CD:  Joanna Newsom–Have One On Me Favorite Song: Joanna Newsom-’81 Favorite Cover Version: The Angry Whistler–’81 […]

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June 30, 2010

What is a publication date?

publishing

The week that I started at the Press a new book arrived from the printer.  It was placed on my desk with the expectation that I would assign it a “publication […]

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June 30, 2010 (June 30, 2010)

A Knight in Istanbul

authors Illinois / regional

In book publishing we’re busy talking about the need to expand our social networking efforts, to create online communities around books and authors, to consider content from the customer’s perspective […]

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June 29, 2010

Publishing secrets revealed!

author commentary journals publishing

What does it take to get an article published in a scholarly journal?  Sound, original scholarship, you say?  That’s important, but what about presentation?  How do you go about interesting […]

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