Brandeis University Press has acquired the University Press of New England's backlist, and plans to use the titles to support its own expansion into some genres that have been underserved since UPNE’s closure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Alison Shaw, c.e.o. of Bristol University Press (BUP), has become the first university press c.e.o. to be elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-18 07:01:09 UTC ]
The University Press of Kentucky has had its state funding restored after losing it in 2018; and in March, Ashley Runyon took over as director of the press. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
TWO RECENT TITLES from the University Press of Florida make for a remarkably successful pairing: one focuses on the “golden years” of George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet through the memoir lens of former soloist Bettijane Sills, while the other offers, through a series of impressionistic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-07-28 17:00:03 UTC ]
Following University Press of New England’s decision to close its doors at the end of 2018, the distributor has reached an agreement with University of Chicago Press and Chicago Distribution Center to handle distribution for its backlist and select new titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The University Press of New England’s Board of Governors has voted to close the press at the end of 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Midwest Indie Booksellers and the Great Lakes Indie Booksellers associations have issued a joint statement condemning Kentucky's governor for cutting the funding for the University Press of Kentucky. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among this week's headlines: ALA's new diverse books initiative; a look at how libraries can fill the void left by the loss of local newspapers; and a proposed budget cut endangers the University Press of Kentucky. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new imprint from the university press will publish New England-focused books for a general audience on regional topics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the year that academic publisher Policy Press celebrates its 20th anniversary, it has secured “major investment” from the University of Bristol to create a new university press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
As protests by authors and others continue, the University of Akron has named an interim director to oversee the transition of its university press into the school's division of libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Taking its name from the printing term, fore edge— which refers to the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved, opposite the spine—a new imprint for national trade titles from University Press of New England is launching. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book distributor INscribe Digital has added a number of new publishing partners, taking on publishers in the university press, Christian publishing, and Spanish-language areas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A last-minute addition to the University Press of New England list has become the fastest-selling book in the Hanover, N.H., university press consortium’s 42-year history and its first book to hit Amazon’s top 10. World War II Remembered isn’t even published by one of its regular distribution... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]