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By Mary Berman, manuscript editing intern When I’m not reading, writing, begging my friends to hang out with me, or talking on the phone with my mom, I’m interning in the Manuscript Editing department at JHU Press. For nine hours a week, I proofread, check revised manuscripts against the marked-up masters, make sure indexes are…
Guest post by Ronald S. Coddington There is perhaps no bigger thrill than being contacted by a reader with new information about one of the men profiled in my series of Faces books. I recently experienced the excitement after the unnamed individual in the frontispiece photograph of my latest volume, African American Faces of the…
Guest post by Jonathan F. S. Post As with most beginnings, it is difficult to recall the precise origins of this project, except to say that it began with a telephone call to Helen Hecht. I had been unable to attend the New York City memorial service for her late husband, Anthony Hecht, in early…
Staff members from all corners of the JHU Press attend conferences throughout the year. Those of us who travel—I am kind of a pinch-hitter in this regard for the Journals Division—try to spread the word of our books, journals, and electronic products while also selling copies of books and subscriptions to journals. We regularly receive…
By Michele Callaghan, manuscript editor Okay, I admit it. I have been known to read dictionaries for fun. When I was growing up, my siblings and I would challenge ourselves with foreign language Scrabble. We also played a sort of a “stump the band” where we would try to find words in the dictionary that…
News and Notes E-books now available on JHUP website Did you know that hundreds of our books are available as e-books from vendors such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble? Well, we’re pleased to announce that you can now buy e-books directly from our website. Simply add the e-book to your shopping cart and choose…
News and Notes E-books now available on JHUP website Did you know that hundreds of our books are available as e-books from vendors such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble? Well, we’re pleased to announce that you can now buy e-books directly from our website. Simply add the e-book to your shopping cart and choose…
Guest post by Claiborne Skinner Last month, I donated a copy of my little book The Upper Country: French Enterprise in the Colonial Great Lakes to "The High School affiliated with Renmin University of China" as part of an educational conference. This is, I believe, the first copy in the People’s Republic. Nearly four and…
In our final post for University Press Week, Phil Hearn reflects on how he ended up working for Project MUSE and why, despite the uncertain times our endeavor faces, the future of scholarly publishing is anything but bleak. Much to my parents’ dismay, I majored in English. Much to my undergraduate advisor’s delight, I chose…
In our final post for University Press Week, Phil Hearn reflects on how he ended up working for Project MUSE and why, despite the uncertain times our endeavor faces, the future of scholarly publishing is anything but bleak. Much to my parents’ dismay, I majored in English. Much to my undergraduate advisor’s delight, I chose…