Ramin Named Brandeis University Press Director

Sue Berger Ramin, former associate publisher at David R. Godine, has been named to the newly created position of director of Brandeis University Press. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Saunders, UVA Press Director, Dies of Heart Attack

Mark Harril Saunders, director of the University of Virginia Press since 2013, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home over the weekend. He was 52. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Leeds Beckett University launches children’s press

Leeds Beckett University has started to publish children’s books, with author Sita Brahmachari signed up to mentor one of the first authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hope to join Princeton University Press

Katie Hope will join Princeton University Press (PUP) as marketing director this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schwenke Named Executive Director of AWP

Chloe Schwenke has been named executive director of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs after nearly a year serving in the role in an interim position. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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University Presses Get $1.2M for Diversity Grants

A four-year, $1,205,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support continued development and expansion of a program designed to diversify academic publishing, and will directly affect six presses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tramp Press appoints UK publishing director in bid for growth

Dublin-based independent Tramp Press is creating a UK outpost with the appointment of Laura Waddell to the newly created role of UK publishing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press announces new Dahl titles

Following on from the success of the Roald Dahl Dictionary, Oxford University Press will publish two more books about Dahl’s words in 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liverpool University Press partners with The Conversation

Liverpool University Press has become the inaugural university press partner of The Conversation UK, an independent source of news and views sourced from university academics and researchers and delivered direct to the public, in a partnership LUP is calling the first of its kind. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five new appointments for Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press has made a number of new appointments as part of its ongoing expansion. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebecca Smart Named DK Managing Director

Rebecca Smart will join DK as its managing director in January after spending the last four years in the same position at Ebury Publishing, a nonfiction imprint of Penguin Random House UK. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ben LeRoy Named Executive Director of IPC

The Independent Publishers Caucus has taken another step in its effort to become an advocacy group for independent publishers, naming former Tyrus Books publisher Ben LeRoy as its first executive director. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Princeton University Press launches global audio strand

Princeton University Press has launched an audio arm, with one of the launch titles an anthology of socialist fairy tales edited by Michael Rosen. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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University Presses Are Not in Crisis

The Week in Libraries, April 27, 2018: Among the headlines this week, changing the narrative on university press publishing; FSU says it will bail on its "unsustainable" Elsevier contract; and, is open access making a difference yet? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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University Press of New England to Close

The University Press of New England’s Board of Governors has voted to close the press at the end of 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press reveals 12.6% pay gap

Oxford University Press has revealed a 12.6% median gender pay gap, lower than the national average of 18.4%. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers Come Out in Support of University Press of Kentucky

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 at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Extraordinary' year for Yale University Press London

Yale University Press London had "an extraordinary year" in the 12 months ending 30th June 2017, with net sales growth of 30%, according to its annual report, newly filed at Companies House. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses Names its 2018 Shortlist

Open to UK and Irish publishers, the Republic of Consciousness Prize honors literary fiction produced by small, independent presses with no more than five full-time employees.  The post The UK’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses Names its 2018 Shortlist appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chicagoland Bookseller Named GLIBA Executive Director

The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association has named GLIBA board member Larry Law as its executive director, effective March 1. Law currently serves as director of e-commerce and marketing at Anderson's Bookshops in Naperville, Ill. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA Names Mary Ghikas Executive Director Through January 2020

Mary Ghikas, interim director since August 2017, will continue to head the association through January 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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