John Sherer

@UNC_Press first had the guts to publish it in *1944 (correction from above) — Here’s a link to their third edition uncpress.org/book/978146966…

Ever wonder about the amazing work our publicity department does or what you can do to set your book up for success? Find out in this Q&A with our Director of Publicity @SonyaBonczek 👇🎉 uncpressblog.com/2024/02/16/qa-…

I’ll take you on a tour of our @UNC_Press bookshelves

It’s pajama day at the office

My directorial debut📚🏰 (we tried)

Recent releases from @uncpress in our Publisher Focus window this week! Shop the selections here: buff.ly/3F4RCZV

🎉 The first #books in JSTOR's #PathToOpen are now live! The new program–developed in partnership with the @ACLS1919, @UofMPress, and @UNC_Press–supports the publishing of #OpenAccess scholarly monographs. 🔗 Learn more about the program: bit.ly/3RShXC2

This has been a missing piece in the efforts to build #oa funding models for monographs. Thanks to the @NEHgov @NEH_ODH for supporting this study.

🎶Life in publishing, it’s fantastic 🎶

Happy to be able to announce the teams that will be participating in #TriangleSCI in October, and their projects on the theme of "Trust" in scholarly communication. Team names and participants are now up, with more project details linked from here soon! trianglesci.org/2023/07/14/sci…

Virtual Event: NHC Fellows @profblmkelley and @marthasjones_ in conversation to discuss Kelley's new book, “Black Folk.” Details below.

Our commitment to access and affordability continues at Carolina. We will provide free tuition and required fees for incoming undergraduates from North Carolina whose families make less than $80,000 per year beginning with the incoming class in 2024. unc.live/44BvkK4

Applications due tomorrow! We can’t wait to learn more about the work y’all are doing in Black Women’s History !

What a review of A NEW HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH by @ScottWStern 👏 cc: @pharvey61 @HstyMattersSyd @profblmkelley @marthasjones_ @nelsonhist @katemasur @HistoryCounts

@martin_eve cheers

Evening: underway! My first pint of ale in almost a year. Feeling so much better this week. (Not allowed much due to kidney failure, but one can't hurt, right?)

Longleaf Services @Longleafserv, which provides fulfillment and publishing services for university presses, welcomes five new distributed client presses to the group: Chemeketa Press, @ClemsonUP, @Kansas_Press, @TCUPress, and @ivpress (IVP). Release: uncpressblog.com/2023/06/21/lon…

So my work as an historian is archival and based in the research that I love, but it also is informed by a very personal way of knowing. I got the opportunity to bring that all together in Black Folk! I am so excited to share it with you all! I can’t wait to hear what you think!

It’s funny because it’s true (cc’ing all book publicists)

This is such important infrastructure work going on to support a transition to #openaccess for monographs at #universitypresses. The need for it came up just yesterday in a terrific @AUPresses virtual meeting panel.

🚨 🎧Audiobook Giveaway 🎧🚨 It's #AudiobookMonth 🎧 and #BlackMusicMonth 🎶and we're giving away free audiobooks on @librofm! 10 lucky winners will receive a free download for each of the following books: CHRONICLING STANKONIA: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South by @redclayscholar MAY WE FOREVER STAND: A History of the Black National Anthem by @imaniperry Like and RT to enter! Giveaway ends 6/8/23. Winners announced 6/9/23.