Penn State University Press has a fun, informative blog. Here’s their idea for Expanding the Marketing Base. Wait, was that PSU Press’s way of getting ME to tell YOU about their […]
Bodies not found, “Alchemy of Bones” not mentioned
The June 29 edition of the The Washington Post included a feature story on murder cases where no body is found and referenced Robert Loerzel’s Alchemy of Bones: Chicago’s Luetgert Murder Case of 1897 without actually naming […]
Palmer’s “James P. Cannon” wins the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize
Bryan D. Palmer’s book, James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928, has recently been awarded the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize given by the Canadian Historical […]
The Chicago Tribune losing book coverage?
PW Daily reports that the Chicago Tribune may further reduce its pages dedicated to book coverage. This brought to mind a Slate story from early 2007 on newspaper profits. […]
The Jewish Press reviews “Unwanted Beauty”
Writing for The Jewish Press, Menachem Wecker reviews Brett Ashley Kaplan’s Unwanted Beauty: Aesthetic Pleasure in Holocaust Representation in conjunction with Joyce Ellen Weinstein’s art exhibition opening at the Florida Holocaust Museum. […]
243 friends by the 4th of July
Awesome. In just two days my Goodreads friend count has tripled. At this pace I’ll have 243 friends by the 4th of July. We’re still working out who will be the […]
Bees: the original social networkers?
Let accidents happen and be more like bees, according to The Digitalist: [H]uman teams are inherently weak but . . . nature’s teams (bumble bees, termites etc) display characteristics that […]
Just Landed: July and August books
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past week: –Enduring Nations: Native Americans in the Midwest edited by R. David Edmunds (July 14, 2008) –German Film after […]
I’m a social networker, yes I am
OK, I recently joined Shelfari, Goodreads, and Library Thing to see what they’re all about. I’m in the process of adding books to my shelves but do I really need […]
Kindleized!
Inside Higher Ed reports that a few new university press titles will be available soon via Kindle. […]
Publishing’s mating call?
Apparently the advance reading copies I send to reviewers have a value that I hadn’t considered. (PW Daily pointed the way to this New York Observer piece.) […]
University of Michigan Press to sever ties with Pluto
Inside Higher Ed reports this morning that the University of Michigan Press will end its distribution relationship with Pluto Press by the end of this year following controversy over the book […]