Tag: Publishing News
This morning our head publicist sent around a troubling email carrying the news of the University of Missouri Press's imminent departure from the world of scholarly publishing. As reported yesterday by the Columbia Daily Tribune, the press will begin shutting down in July and 10 staffers will be "affected." There has been no date set…
By Claire McCabe Tamberino, ebook and digital promotion manager In Over the Transom, an occasional series on this blog, we'll walk you through every step of the bookmaking process, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at just how much work goes into turning a good idea into a great book. A couple of weeks ago, in…
Stars Wars fanatics the world over, Mobtown not excluded, celebrated May the 4th be with You, I'll Have Another is headed to Baltimore for the second leg of the Triple Crown, and the Baltimore Orioles swept the Boston Red Sox after a marathon 17-inning game. We've been busy at the Press, too. Read on for…
At the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine meeting in Baltimore this past weekend, we learned of a very cool endeavor undertaken by a group of public historians and other scholars interested in making academic work accessible to the general public. Launched on April 2, the Ultimate History Project publishes…
At the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine meeting in Baltimore this past weekend, we learned of a very cool endeavor undertaken by a group of public historians and other scholars interested in making academic work accessible to the general public. Launched on April 2, the Ultimate History Project publishes…
In Over the Transom, an occasional series on this blog, we’ll walk you through every step of the bookmaking process, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at just how much work goes into turning a good idea into a great book. … Continue reading →
Whew, spring is moving along quickly here in Mobtown! Here’s a brief rundown of some new JHU Press news and recent, current, and near-future happenings. Awards Congratulations to Andrew Scott Dolkart, whose The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929 last night received the Antoinette Forrester Downing Award from the Society of …
By Brendan Coyne, exhibits and awards manager E-books and Amazon. If you're a reader (which presumably you are, since you're visiting the blog of a university press), and especially if you happen to work in the book publishing business, both e-books and Amazon.com are inescapable entities, and deservedly so. Though Michael Hart's Project Gutenberg created…
Publishing news highlights from March, with a focus on what's important to the world of scholarly publishing: A dozen new positions posted to AAUP jobs board Whether you're looking to break into scholarly publishing or move on up, the Association of American University Presses Jobs List is the best place to find the opportunity that…
Here's the latest installment of our irregular roundup of recent publishing news of note. Bill limiting open-access publication of federal research dies Late last month, Representatives Darryl Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), the cosponsors of the 2011 Research Works Act, which would have restricted the open-access publication of federally funded research and, according to some,…