November 4, 2016

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing!

November 3, 2016

Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature

Albena Azmanova, author of THE SCANDAL OF REASON, argues that Bob Dylan should reject the Nobel Prize for Literature.

November 3, 2016

Rolling the Dice

Read an article by Joe Carlen, author of A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE PIONEERS, PROFITEERS, AND RACKETEERS WHO SHAPED OUR WORLD, on the personality traits shared by successful entrepreneurs throughout history.

November 2, 2016

Introducing "A Brief History of Entrepreneurship"

Read an excerpt from the introduction to A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE PIONEERS, PROFITEERS, AND RACKETEERS WHO SHAPED OUR WORLD, by Joe Carlen.

November 1, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Wine and Brain Science, Getting Risk Right, the History of Chinese Food in America, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

November 1, 2016

Flying Money and Capitalist Monks

Read an excerpt from “Flying Money and Capitalist Monks,” Joe Carlen’s chapter on entrepreneurship in Tang and Song China from A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE PIONEERS, PROFITEERS, AND RACKETEERS WHO SHAPED OUR WORLD!

October 31, 2016

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing!

October 28, 2016

Intelligence Agency Logic

Read an excerpt on Edward Snowden, data surveillance, and the NSA from the first chapter of DATA LOVE: THE SEDUCTION AND BETRAYAL OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, by Roberto Simanowski.

October 26, 2016

Interview with Jeremy Rosen, Author of "Minor Characters Have Their Day"

Jeremy Rosen discusses his new book, “Minor Characters Have Their Day: Genre and the Contemporary Literary Marketplace”

October 26, 2016

The Seduction and Betrayal of Digital Technologies

Read a Q&A with Roberto Simanowski, author of DATA LOVE: THE SEDUCTION AND BETRAYAL OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES!

October 25, 2016

Introducing "Data Love"

Read the preface, epilogue, and postface to DATA LOVE: THE SEDUCTION AND BETRAYAL OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, by Roberto Simanowski!

October 25, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Better Presentations, the Political Thought of Martin Heidegger, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!