UP Week 2015 Blog Tour

Each year, we take a tour of blogs in our larger community, with themed series each day bringing us to new and varied voices. This year we highlighted surprising stories about university press publications, authors, and the publishing process.

Monday: Surprising!

University Press of Florida
Take a Food Tour of Florida

University Press of New England
The Inside Story about how Winning Marriage Won Big

University Press of Mississippi
Surprise! You’re Now the Book Editor at a Major Newspaper

University Press of Kentucky
Guess the Press with our #ReadUP Quiz

University of Nebraska Press
Surprising Facts About UNP

University of California Press
Insights into Who We Are and What We Do

University of Wisconsin Press
Surprising? Mysterious!

Tuesday: The Future of Scholarly Publishing

Indiana University Press
The Heart of Our Future

Oxford University Press
The Future of Scholarly Publishing

George Mason University Press
Global Survey of Scholarly Communication Tools

University Press of Colorado
UPC Turns 50, History and Future

University Press of Kansas
Future of Scholarly Publishing

University of North Carolina Press
The Case for Financial Support of Your University Press

West Virginia University Press
We Are What We Acquire

Johns Hopkins University Press
Back in Time

University of Georgia Press
Collaboration at Heart of UP Publishing’s Future

Wednesday: Design in UP and Scholarly Publishing

Northwestern University Press
Interview with Art Director Marianne Jankowski

Princeton University Press
PUP Launches New Design Tumblr
Go to: PUP Design Tumblr

MIT Press
Design Through the Decades at the MIT Press

University Press of Kansas
Jacket Required

Georgetown University Press
Designing Strong Textbooks

Syracuse University Press
Interview with Designer Lynn Wilcox

Stanford University Press
Uncovering the Cover Design

Harvard University Press
Strongmen, Statistics, and Design

Athabasca University Press
A Book Designer’s Toolbox: Free Fonts

Yale University Press
Our Designers Talk Book Covers

Throwback Thursday (#TBT)

Project MUSE
One Link for Each of MUSE’s 20 Years

University of Minnesota Press
Publishers and Their Founding Dates

University of Chicago Press
1991 University Press Week

University of Manitoba Press
40 Years of Publishing on the Prairies

University of Washington Press
Exploring 100 Years of UWP History

Duke University Press
#TBT Surprising Journal Covers

University of Texas Press
Mark Cohen’s Throwback Street Photography

University of Michigan Press
102 Years of Michigan Trees

University Press of Kansas
On This Day in 1999

Minnesota Historical Society Press
Downtown Minneapolis in the 1970s

University of California Press
The Surprising Tale of the Autobiography of Mark Twain

University of Toronto Press Journals
Transforming Something Old Into Something New

Fordham University Press
What Might Have Been…A Trip Through NYC’s Unbuilt Subway System

Manchester University Press
Peter Barry Reflects on 20 Years of Beginning Theory

Friday: #PublishUP: Presses in Conversation with Authors

Temple University Press
Q&A with Unsettled Author Eric Tang

Columbia University Press
The Russian Library: An Interview with Christine Dunbar

University of Virginia Press
A Talk with the Poets

Beacon Press
In Conversation with Jeanne Theoharis

University of Illinois Press
Q&A with Feminist Media Studies Series Editor Carol Stabile

Southern Illinois University Press
An Interview with Guy Hasegawa

University Press of Kansas
In Conversation with Lisa Silvestri, Author of Friended at the Front

Oregon State University Press
In Conversation with Larry Landis

Liverpool University Press
Jon Hogg Talks Using Primary Sources

University of Toronto Press Journals
Q&A with Two IJFAB Authors on “Just Food”

Manchester University Press
Oonagh McDonald Reflects on Ben Bernanke and Wall Street Executives