University Press Week is a celebration of the nonprofit, content-driven nature of university presses, which allows them to take more risks than for-profit publishers
‘Draw That Roadmap to the World’: The Philippines’ Karina Bolasco
‘Our publishing industry is complex and vibrant,’ says publisher Karina Bolasco, who speaks on October 18 as The Philippines’ analyst in Frankfurt Book Fair’s The Markets: Global Publishing Summit.
Glimpses of the University of British Columbia’s ‘New’ Medieval Manuscripts
Bright color and intricately embellished texts make the new University of British Columbia Library acquisitions stunners.
Pathways Forward: The University Press in the 21st Century
When delegates from nine US university presses joined their UK counterparts in Liverpool, new publishing models and strategic relationships came into focus.
Grant Funds New University Press Discovery Platform
A Mellon grant is funding UPScope, a new visual discovery platform for long-form scholarly platform from the Association of American University Presses.
Columbia University Press Takes Over Read Russia Translation Project
Columbia University Press has taken over a Read Russia project from Overlook Press to publish translations of over 125 modern classics from Russia.
University Press Tech Innovation and Artistry on Display at AAUP
Among the innovative new tech on display at the annual AAUP meeting were new tools for annotations and publishing open access monographs.
US University Presses Prioritizing Social Media Engagement
American university presses are harnessing social media for scholarly engagement and remain focused on meeting the challenge of long-term preservation.
Piketty’s “Capital”: A Monster Hit for Harvard U Press
Harvard University Press has an unlikely bestseller with Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which has sold 80,000 copies in less than two months.
University Presses Seize Opportunity to Sell Foreign Rights
IPR License’s Tom Chalmers talks to a trio of university press directors about their strategies for pursuing foreign rights sales.