University of Chicago Press
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Publication types | Books, academic journals |
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Official website | press |
The University of Chicago Press is the
One of its quasi-independent projects is the BiblioVault, a digital repository for scholarly books.
History
The University of Chicago Press was founded in 1890, making it one of the oldest continuously operating university presses in the United States.[5][6] Its first published book was Robert F. Harper's Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. The book sold five copies during its first two years, but by 1900 the University of Chicago Press had published 127 books and pamphlets and 11 scholarly journals, including the current Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, and American Journal of Sociology.
For its first three years, the press was an entity discrete from the university; it was operated by the Boston publishing house D. C. Heath in conjunction with the Chicago printer R. R. Donnelley. This arrangement proved unworkable, however, and in 1894 the university officially assumed responsibility for the press.
In 1902, as part of the university, the press started working on the Decennial Publications. Composed of articles and monographs by scholars and administrators on the state of the university and its faculty's research, the Decennial Publications was a radical reorganization of the press. This allowed the press, by 1905, to begin publishing books by scholars not of the University of Chicago. A manuscript editing and proofreading department was added to the existing staff of printers and typesetters, leading, in 1906, to the first edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.
By 1931, the press was an established, leading academic publisher. Leading books of that era include
In 1956, the press first published paperback-bound books (including the Phoenix Books series)[7] under its imprint. Of the press's best-known books, most date from the 1950s, including translations of the Complete Greek Tragedies and Richmond Lattimore's The Iliad of Homer. That decade also saw the first edition of A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, which has since been used by students of Biblical Greek worldwide.
In 1966,
As the press's scholarly volume expanded, the press also advanced as a trade publisher. In 1992, Norman Maclean's books A River Runs Through It and Young Men and Fire were national best sellers, and A River Runs Through It was made into a film directed by and starring Robert Redford.
In 1982, Philipson was the first director of an academic press to win the Publisher Citation, one of
Paula Barker Duffy served as director of the press from 2000 to 2007. Under her administration, the press expanded its distribution operations and created the Chicago Digital Distribution Center and
In 2014, the press received The International Academic and Professional Publisher Award for excellence at the London Book Fair.[8]
Current status
Garrett P. Kiely became the 15th director of the University of Chicago Press on September 1, 2007. He heads one of academic publishing's largest operations, employing more than 300 people across three divisions—books, journals, and distribution—and publishing 81 journal titles and approximately 280 new books and 70 paperback reprints each year.
The press publishes over 50 new trade titles per year, across many subject areas. It also publishes regional titles, such as
The press has recently expanded its digital offerings to include most newly published books as well as key backlist titles. In 2013, Chicago Journals began offering e-book editions of each new issue of each journal, for use on e-reader devices such as smartphones, iPad, and Amazon Kindle. The contents of The Chicago Manual of Style are available online to paid subscribers. The Chicago Distribution Center is recognized as a leading distributor of scholarly works, with over 100 client presses.[10]
Books Division
The Books Division of the University of Chicago Press has been publishing books for scholars, students, and general readers since 1892 and has published over 11,000 books since its founding. The Books Division has more than 6,000 books in print, including such well-known works as
Journals Division
The Journals Division of the University of Chicago Press publishes and distributes influential scholarly publications on behalf of learned and professional societies and associations, foundations, museums, and other not-for-profit organizations. As of 2016 it publishes
Chicago Distribution Center
The Distribution Services Division provides the University of Chicago Press's customer service, warehousing, and related services. The Chicago Distribution Center (CDC) began providing distribution services in 1991, when the
See also
- List of English-language book publishing companies
- List of university presses
- William Terry Couch
- List of University of Chicago Press journals
References
- ^ "About the Press". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Publishers served by the Chicago Distribution Center". University of Chicago Press. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Third Party Distribution | Wiley". Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "The University of Chicago Press Selects Rightslink(R) For Online Copyright Permissions". Business Wire. February 5, 2007. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- ^ "About the University of Chicago Press". press.uchicago.edu. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "History of the University of Chicago Press". press.uchicago.edu. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ Phoenix Books (University of Chicago Press) – Book Series List. Archived 2017-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "London Book Fair 2014: Excellence Award Winners Revealed". Publishers Weekly. April 9, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ Grossman, Keating, and Reiff, eds. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004). Archived 2015-04-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "About the Press," University of Chicago Press, accessed April 23, 2015. Archived April 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "New free e-book every month from the University of Chicago Press". Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "The University of Chicago Press: Journals". journals.uchicago.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- University of Chicago. Press at Library of Congress, with 48 library catalog records