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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · Jun 18

Find & follow your favorite university presses on this platform with this handy starter pack of our members: go.bsky.app/7p95p7B

And if you're looking for university presses that publish in a certain field, consult our Subject Area Grid: https://bit.ly/3C7ASUc.

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 1h

What does “royalties will be paid on net profit” mean? https://bit.ly/3IU7cKY

University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.

Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!

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Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social · 23h

Congratulations to the editors of Teaching Literature and Writing in Prisons for winning the Teaching Literature Book Award!
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 23h

Congratulations to Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for winning this year's Nobel Prize in Economics alongside Joel Mokyr. The authors of "The Economics of Growth" are fittingly honored for showing how "society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth."

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt Share Nobel in Economics

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth,” an award committee member said.

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Syracuse University Press @syracuseup.bsky.social · 23h

October is New York History Month and, to celebrate, we are offering a reading list of recent titles exploring the state's past and most fascinating figures. press.syr.edu/new-york-his...

New York History Month Reading List – Syracuse University Press

October is New York History Month, highlighting the role of public historians in the state as well as the work of preserving New York’s unique history. At Syracuse University Press, we’ve long…

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations to Joel Mokyr, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the role of innovation in driving economic growth. His article, "Capitalism Reinvents Itself," appeared in the November 2013 issue of UC Press's @currenthistory1.bsky.social
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Capitalism Reinvents Itself

The economics of a world of information and automation is radically different from that of a world of wheat, steel, and railroads.

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Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · 21h

A stunning animated and illustrated excerpt of Ambigrammia by Douglas Hofstadter is now live in The Atlanic.

My Life in Ambigrammia

The esoteric art form that revealed a new kind of beauty to me

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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 20h

Join Monica Westin and Jane Powell at the 77th Frankfurt Book Fair as they explore key findings from our upcoming community-led review of the open research publishing ecosystem.

📅 15 October 2025 |14:00 – 15:00
📍 Innovation Stage

🔗 https://cup.org/47nnLLk

Promotional graphic for a speaker event titled "Redefining the Future of Academic Publishing: A Radical Review of Open Research." The image features a minimalist design with a bold outline of a shield on a Cambridge blue background.

Portrait of Monica Westin, Director of Open Policy Development at Cambridge University Press, framed by a stylized shield emblem.

Black and white portrait of Jane Powell, Managing Director at Shift Insight, framed by a shield emblem.

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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 19h

Setup is complete! We are officially in attendance at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025. Come visit us in the Canada Stand (Hall 6.0 | A 133). You can also browse the Rights Canada catalogue online: buff.ly/2BACFDM

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning, and welcome from Frankfurt Book Fair. We are excited for another year of exciting meetings over the next few days. Come and find us in Hall 5.1, stand C103.

#fbm25

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 6h

Peter Moore spoke to Ste from The Redmen TV about his memoir, Game Changer: Playing to win at Xbox, EA Sports and Liverpool FC. Watch the interview to find out more about Peter's new book, his career, and 'the Power of Scouseness': www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSX... @theredmentv.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! Former Liverpool CEO Peter Moore on King Kenny, His Arrival at Anfield & more!

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! Former Liverpool CEO Peter Moore on King Kenny, His Arrival at Anfield & more! Ste spoke to former Liverpool CEO Peter Moore about his new book Game Changer - Playing to win at…

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · 4h

👋 Librarians, #OpenAccessWeek is coming on 20th-26th October.

📖 Read our content exploring how librarians are leading the open access movement, advancing equity in global research, and building sustainable publishing models for the future: oxford.ly/3W1ntmZ

Get ready for Open Access Week! Coming on 20th-26th October

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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 4h

Explore our #BlackHistory collection, featuring powerful stories about the fight for freedom by Black women, the realities of racial inequality, and the challenges faced by Black politicians.

Discover the collection 🔗 https://cup.org/46YKxHY

#BlackHistoryMonth

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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 1d

Two of our marvellous poets have been recognized on the Nelson Ball Prize longlist:
Margaret Christakos, THAT AUDIBLE SLIPPAGE
Dawn Macdonald, NORTHERNY
Congratulations to all!
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Nelson Ball Prize 2025 Long List

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 1d

Post-Israel Palestine, 2048. The new streets’ names not only reflected the joy of liberation but also celebrated living in dignity, equality, and without fear. 🍉 #FreePalestine @literaryhub.bsky.social

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

A proper imagining of liberation cannot rest content with describing the end game: the day of liberation itself and the hard work the day after. This is only the starting point. No less important i…

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 1d

All are invited to this #OAWeek webinar, "Who Owns Our Knowledge? An African University Press Perspective," featuring Nwachukwu Egbunike, Head of Pan-Atlantic University Press in Lagos, on Tues 10/21 4pm ET. Read more & register: events.umich.edu/eve...

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion, who have been recognized with the #NobelPrize2025 in Economics for their work on “innovation-driven economic growth.”

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Author Joel Mokyr and volume editor Philippe Aghion are honored with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics

Princeton University Press congratulates author Joel Mokyr and volume editor Philippe Aghion, both of whom have been recognized with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics – officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – for their work on “innovation-driven economic growth.”

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 1d

"There is something refreshingly nostalgic and transformative about public school boards."

Scott Levy, the author of "Why School Boards Matter," writes for @time.com on how school boards are emerging as one of the most vital and overlooked arenas in American democracy:

Can School Boards Save Our Democracy?

School boards, not Washington, are our best hope for civil discourse, writes Scott Levy.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

From a history of goth to Egyptian mummies, and the science behind that eerie feeling that we aren’t alone, shop our Spooky Season reading list w 25% OFF books by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social & @odavies9.bsky.social, @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social & more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 2d

The National Academies Press publishes more than 200 publications per year on a wide range of topics, providing authoritative, independently-researched information on important matters in science, engineering, and medicine.

Explore our work: https://ow.ly/Xuzr50Xa1T1

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 2d

Margaret Thatcher would have turned 100 today.

Explore her legacy in Jon Agar's Science Policy under Thatcher. A compelling account of how science shaped and was shaped by her government.

📖 Read it free: bit.ly/3J8K12b
#OpenAccess #SciencePolicy

Cover of the book 'Science Policy Under Thatcher' by Jon Agar, featuring an image of Margaret Thatcher with arms outstretched.

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 2d

In the new issue of Bookbird, a survey of four publishers devoted to preserving art, language and storytelling traditions for young Indigenous people: Magabala, Theytus, Inhabit Media, and Black Bears and Blueberries

Read free thru 31 October at Project MUSE

tinyurl.com/4xrfj3fk

Amplifying Indigenous Voices
Four Indigenous Publishing Houses
Maria Scaletti, Julie Barbour, Nicola Daly,
and Nicholas Vanderschantz
“Symbolically, Indigenous picturebooks communicate the importance of Indigenous knowledge and ways of being in the world.

(T)here has been a plethora of Indigenous stories retold by non-Indigenous authors, but in recent times Indigenous publishing houses that nurture Indigenous writers and illustrators have been growing in number.”

Bookbird
A Journal of International Children's Literature
Volume 63, Number 3, 2025

Read free thru 31 October 2025

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West Virginia University Press @wvupress.bsky.social · 2d

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor Indigenous knowledge, storytelling, and resilience.

Monani discusses how Indigenous cinema’s ecological entanglements are a crucial aspect of its agenda of decolonialism.

We celebrate the power of film to sustain cultural memory and imagine more just futures.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a good day to read some contemporary accounts of Columbus's voyages to the Americas & their consequences, such as those of Bartolomé de Las Casas & Fray Ramón Pané, who both condemned the treatment of Indigenous peoples.
www.dukeupress.edu/another-face...
www.dukeupress.edu/an-account-o...

Cover of Another Face of Empire: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism by Daniel Castro

Cover of An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians
A New Edition, with an Introductory Study, Notes, and Appendices by José Juan Arrom

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Syracuse University Press @syracuseup.bsky.social · 2d

Syracuse University Press is celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with a 40% off Sale on all of our Native American and Indigenous studies titles. press.syr.edu/supressbook-...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, read an article in Journal of American Ethnic History 44.4 about US v. Pearson, how the US used citizenship+ taxation as settler-colonial tools, and how an Indigenous community fought back.
cc: @iehs.bsky.social
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Cover of Journal of American Ethnic History, Summer 2025, Volume 44, Number 4
Yellow and Black color-blocked background with image of North America on a globe, includes list of authors

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