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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · 12h

You really know how to play up the magic of making books!

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · 14h

Not sure how I missed this post, but I did not miss the book in my mail. Cheers @jeffmanuel.bsky.social !!!

A book with a gas pump handle and hose spewing corn cobs, and sugar cane rising at the bottom on the cover. There is a bookshelf in the background of the photo. The cover reads "Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels," and the authors are Jeffrey T. Manuel and Thomas D. Rogers.

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · 16h

Headed to WHA in ABQ? You know what to do (Reach out and schedule a meeting! See us at the @oupress.bsky.social table! Let me personally sell you books! Okay I just told you what to do, didn't I)

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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 7d

It's the official publication day for ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS. Want to know why the US turns 40 percent of the corn crop into fuel? How the US and Brazil became the world's two largest ethanol producers? Tom Rogers and I have answers.
www.oupress.com/978080619601...

Ethanol - University of Oklahoma Press

Though ethanol, a liquid fuel made from agricultural byproducts, has generated controversy in recent years—good or bad for the environment? a big-ag boon o...

www.oupress.com

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · 19d

A real pinch-me moment to become an editor and be told I would work with Quintard on his series. Beyond the scholarship or BlackPast's incredible reach, what a human! You could feel his gracious chuckle through the phone.

University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · 19d

We were saddened to learn that Quintard Taylor passed away earlier this week. Founder of blackpast.org and a giant in western history, it was our great honor to know and work with Quintard as editor of the Race & Culture in the American West series. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76

Quintard Taylor, Jr., professor emeritus of history at UW and founder of an online archive of Black history, died Sunday.

www.seattletimes.com

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Sep 5

My words, in print!

Our service to the state and region is one of my favorite parts of working @oupress.bsky.social

University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · Sep 5

By now our Fall/Winter 2025 catalog has found its way to mailboxes, desks, and assorted piles, but we want to make sure that everyone can see the opening page of our catalog. After all, "to know Oklahoma, you must read OUP books." Special thanks to @jschiller.bsky.social for this thoughtful piece.

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University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · Aug 14

Remembering Dr. David Levy. We are honored to have published him and will fondly remember him as a friend of the press.

OU History Department @ouhistory.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Department of History is sad to share that Professor Emeritus David Levy passed away last week surrounded by his family.

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Aug 6

This is the way.

Prof Lou Moore @profloumoore.bsky.social · Aug 6

This summer, the coolest thing happened at my kid’s middle school.
A group of kids got together and formed their own summer basketball league. They picked teams, kept stats, refereed, recorded, posted on YouTube, and commentated.
For two months. Outside.

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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · Jul 11

If stylishly-written environmental history is your thing, the compulsively readable "Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels" by @jeffmanuel.bsky.social and Thomas D. Rogers is coming in October from @oupress.bsky.social.

(Acquired for the press by @jschiller.bsky.social.)

A cover proof of a book's front and black jacket and flaps.

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Jul 2

A great conversation! Which reminds me of @patrickmccray.bsky.social's LA Review of Books piece from last year on @jasonheppler.org's "subversive view of Silicon Valley's history."

lareviewofbooks.org/article/dirt...

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Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · Jul 1

Long time listener, first time caller. I was pleased to join @brendenwrensink.bsky.social to talk about my book. I hope you’ll give it a listen!

Writing Westward Podcast @writingwestward.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨New Episode ft. digital, environmental, & urban historian, Dr. @jasonheppler.org (Senior Developer, @rrchnm.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social), & his book "Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism" (@oupress.bsky.social, 2024).

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wmhpv...

076 - Jason Heppler - Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism

A conversation with historian Jason Heppler about their book Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism (University of Oklahoma Press, Environment in Modern North Ameri...

www.podbean.com

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Jul 1

You know the "sticky bomb" Tom Hanks' character uses in Saving Private Ryan? There's some truth to that! Check out Bob Wettemann's readable new book, Rhino Tanks and Sticky Bombs: GI Ingenuity in World War II, from @oupress.bsky.social www.oupress.com/978080619539...

Rhino Tanks and Sticky Bombs - University of Oklahoma Press

Coming of age during the Great Depression, the American boys who fought in World War II had, through necessity, developed a unique brand of technological res...

www.oupress.com

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Jun 24

If I know anything about publishing, I know to thank you for all the work we didn't see you do to shepherd this along! It's going to be beautiful.

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is going to be so beautiful! And not just because I have an essay in it!

Andy Oler @andyoler.bsky.social · Jun 23

Check it out: the pre-order link for Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest! This book collects dozens of #LiteraryLandscapes essays, and pre-orders will ship in November—perfect for Christmas! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Lingering Inland

www.press.uillinois.edu

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · May 16

Absolutely love conference live-skeets of presentations when I can't attend, zooming in to spot people I know by the backs of their heads.

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · May 15

Lots of Hold Steady, I hope.

🎶 "Your little hoodrat friend got me high, though
We were 17 and stuck up, up in Osseo.
She said 'it's funny how true love
gets troubled by still water [Stillwater?]
and washed up in the Mississippi River'...

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · May 8

Here's the backstory to my manuscript (lol) on the ways they addressed (or didn't) the environmental challenges of mining. Tri-Staters continually raised a zombie miner--the hardy, white, American-born worker described below--to justify opposition to remediation efforts into the 21st century.

Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · May 8

This Day in Labor History: May 8, 1935. Mine Mill leads zinc miners out on strike in the Missouri/Kansas/Oklahoma tri-state border area. This strike was unusual because of the political conservatism of many of the workers. And the union completely lost the strike because the workers rejected it.

Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · May 1

I see you, academics who link to your book at your university press publisher's site instead of the Big Bad Bookseller.

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Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · Apr 29

Putting this on my to-read pile, this looks fantastic.

University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · Apr 29

Out Now! 'Big Skies, White Hoods: The 1920s Klan and a History of Hate in Montana' by Christine Kimberly Erickson - a must-read for Western historians of the early 20th century. www.oupress.com/978080619537...

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Apr 29

Modern white nationalists weren't the first to view Montana as a refuge. Today you can learn about their forebears (and how they failed). So glad to have worked with Chris Erickson on this history you can use @oupress.bsky.social.
www.oupress.com/978080619537...

Big Skies, White Hoods - University of Oklahoma Press

In the early 1920s, amid rising anti-Catholic sentiment and hysteria generated by World War I, the reconstituted Ku Klux Klan found new footing in many state...

www.oupress.com

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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · Apr 21

With a cover and a listing on Amazon, it's official. ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS will be published in October by the University of Oklahoma Press. Pre-orders now available!
www.amazon.com/Ethanol-Hemi...
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💡🔌🌽🇧🇷

Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels

Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels [Manuel, Jeffrey T., Rogers, Thomas D.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels

www.amazon.com

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Apr 8

Tomorrow. Stop by, say 'hi,' and let's talk about EH around the OU Press table in the book exhibit. (And we're here: @oupress.bsky.social)

Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Apr 1

Looking ahead all the way to next week? 🫠

I'll be taking the bike-tour field trip at ASEH in Pittsburgh, thank you very much. Let me know if you've got a project on Public Lands, the West, or that might be a fit for this great growing series:
www.oupress.com/environmenta...

Environmental History's Futures series - University of Oklahoma Press

Series Description This series is about historical actors who imagined and demanded alternative futures from the margins of

www.oupress.com

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Apr 1

Looking ahead all the way to next week? 🫠

I'll be taking the bike-tour field trip at ASEH in Pittsburgh, thank you very much. Let me know if you've got a project on Public Lands, the West, or that might be a fit for this great growing series:
www.oupress.com/environmenta...

Environmental History's Futures series - University of Oklahoma Press

Series Description This series is about historical actors who imagined and demanded alternative futures from the margins of

www.oupress.com

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Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social · Apr 1

Hey historians! If you'll be in Chicago for OAH this week and want to throw around ideas about the West, environment, or sports, reach out! My email address is the envy of our university president, athletic director, and everyone else named Joe at OU.

www.oupress.com/joe-schiller/

Joe Schiller - University of Oklahoma Press

218-234-5928 | E-MAIL JOE TWITTER @JOE_SCHILLER SUBMIT A PROPOSAL Learn more about publishing withthe University of Oklahoma Press Acquisitions Editor

www.oupress.com

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · Mar 20

"...the senior manager felt it was 'really important for [Meta] to get books ASAP, as 'books are actually more important than web data.'"

AI developers knew the books we publish were essential to "training" their bots. They just didn't want to pay authors or publishers.

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

www.theatlantic.com

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