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 […]
It’s Lincoln’s birthday
Has Lincoln always been cool? A new museum in Springfield, Illinois. Obama’s hand on the 16th president’s bible. Shelves full of new biographies. It’s hard for me to tell because I’ve […]
It IS unusual
Earlier in the week I received an envelope from our European distributor that contained some recent press clippings. The best clipping (of the year!) is from WORD, a UK music magazine with a […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education on Lincoln
Peter Monaghan’s Lincoln “Field Report” in The Chronicle Review includes multiple references to University of Illinois Press titles, plus a quote from Rodney O. Davis, co-editor of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: […]
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 […]
Education funding and the stimulus bill
Inside Higher Ed reports this morning on the Obama administration’s hopes to increase education funding in the current stimulus package. [Education Secretary Arne] Duncan noted that the Senate had included “only […]
Even more experts needed
I really thought that my last post on this endlessly interesting subject would be the final one. But, the hits just keep on coming: -Yelling and cursing at work -Developments in […]
William Ayers Contested
Even if Illinois State Senator Larry Bomke has his way, University of Illinois at Chicago professor William Ayers has a nice two-book deal with Teachers College Press in hand. […]
A Hollywood reader on a Hollywood writer
Diana Birchall, author of the book Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton, blogs at Vulpes Libris about her grandmother. For eight years she churned out screenplays, and a few made […]
Kevin Stein reviewed in the Chicago Sun-Times
Kevin Stein’s new book of poems, Sufficiency of the Actual, received some fine recognition in the January 11, 2009, issue of the Chicago Sun-Times: A skilled reader, Stein is at […]
Pat Quinn and the Illinois River
Once upon a time (November 2008) we published a serene photography book by David Zalaznik titled Life along the Illinois River. It contained beautiful images of a precious state waterway and featured a Foreword […]
In your Facebook
In spite of kerfuffles like this one, the Press has set up a Facebook page as yet another online presence for our newest titles, blog posts, author events, book exhibits, and […]