Here are a few shots from BookExpo America: More than 50 people attended BEA’s Independent Publishers Editors Buzz panel Saturday morning. Tom Swanson pitched Ted Kooser’s forthcoming book, Lights on a Ground of Darkness. ForeWord Magazine's Independent Publisher of the Year Award looks nice in the UNP booth. A wider view of the UNP booth after Thursday's setup. Continue reading Photographic Review of BEA
Mystery Blogger had this to say about Day 2 at BookExpo America: I have that sick, elated feeling I get when a book I wish I’d written appears in front of me. An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson, is the first modern biography of the most amazing character of early America. And there were a few around then. Walker & Co. publishes this new biography in October. I snagged an advance at the Book Expo America on Saturday. Written by the British writer Andro Linklater, this is a book that fills a great void. … Continue reading Saturday BEA review
Read from the Introduction of Alexander Cartwright: The Life behind the Baseball Legend by Monica Nucciarone: "Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938 in Cooperstown, New York. In Honolulu, Hawaii, a street as well as a park are named for him, and each year his gravesite is visited by hundreds of baseball fans, both locals and tourists. They leave baseball mementos and notes thanking him for the sport. Since at least the 1930s, his reputation as the primary founder of modern baseball has seemed solid and accepted, and his accomplishments are of … Continue reading Off the Shelf: Alexander Cartwright by Monica Nucciarone
During an awards ceremony at BookExpo America today, ForeWord Magazine named the University of Nebraska Press its 2008 Independent Publisher of the Year. In a year marked by layoffs across the publishing industry and the shuttering of many major publishing imprints, ForeWord's editorial staff cited Nebraska's outstanding works of translation, regional fiction, poetry, and memoir. The University Press also earned praise for publishing highly accomplished travel, sports, story, and scholarly books. "At ForeWord, we are always excited to receive a new catalog from them because we've discovered over the years that if they've chosen to publish a book, then it … Continue reading And here’s what ForeWord Magazine had to say about us:
We have a mystery blogger writing live from BEA. Here is his (or her) first post: "NEW YORK CITY -Operating under the thunderheads of bad pub – the New York Times and the AP practically sitting shiva for traditional publishing in recent days – Book Expo America is still a stunning display of supply and demand for the written word. The Javits Center on the Hudson waterfront is overrun by publishers and writers and distributors of books in the industry’s biggest annual show. So what if they’re selling a few digits fewer than they were a year ago. This acreage of books … Continue reading Live from BookExpo America (and a chance to win a prize)
The University of Nebraska Press was named the Independent Publisher of the Year today by Foreword Magazine. The announcement was made earlier today at BEA! Continue reading Breaking News
On this day in 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th U.S. State. To celebrate this anniversary, here are some facts about the Badger State: — The name “Wisconsin” comes from a Ojibwa word meaning “red rocks” or “gathering of waters.” The name was originally used to describe the Wisconsin River. — Wisconsin claims to be the home of more country music festivals than any other state. — America’s Dairyland is actually only the second highest producer of dairy products in the United States – California is first. — Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was a Wisconsin Native, and a summer home and … Continue reading This day in history, Wisconsin trivia, and a reminder about BEA
When he was 29, Henry James traveled to Europe with his sister and aunt, visiting France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and elsewhere. Together, they did all sorts of touristy things, and after his aunt and sister left, Henry went horseback riding, met famous poets, and documented just about everything he did through letters he wrote to friends and family back in the United States. Throughout his whole life, James wrote letters – thousands and thousands of letters, letters the University of Nebraska Press is slowly but surely editing and publishing in a collection titled The Complete Letters of Henry James. The … Continue reading Henry James in Europe, UNP in the Wall Street Journal
Book Expo America begins Friday and continues through Sunday, and the University of Nebraska Press, along with much of the rest of the publishing world, will be there. As various articles in recent weeks have noted (see these Publisher’s Weekly stories), BEA will be a bit lower-key than in years past. But it will still be an event, and our four attendees will be blogging from BEA, about the various interesting things that take place there. One of the more popular features of BEA are all the free advance copies of fall titles up for grabs and the University of Nebraska … Continue reading UNP at BEA
Pancho Segura was as good as any other tennis player out there, back when he was at the top of his game in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also handsome, charming both on and off the court, and had an amazing story. Segura was born into a poor family in Ecuador and happened to live near a tennis court, where his skill – even as a skinny, undernourished kid — didn’t go unnoticed. A combination of luck and skill landed him in the United States, where he played briefly in college, went pro, traveled the world, and then became a … Continue reading Pancho Segura on NPR, Alice in Jamesland in NY Review of Books, and quilts in the Lincoln Journal Star
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