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University presses of the United States

University of California PressWhy does a university need its own publishing house? University of California Press began in 1893 for faculty work.
New York University PressNew York University Press, usually called NYU Press, began in 1916 as an idea of the university's own chancellor, Elmer Ellsworth Brown. A chancellor starting a publishing house is a curious choice, because universities more often leave…
Princeton University PressEinstein's first U.S. book came from Princeton University Press in 1922. It was The Meaning of Relativity.
Columbia University PressColumbia University Press was the first American university press to publish music. It opened in May 1893.
Air University PressAir University Press publishes the research that educates military officers.
University of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press sold just five copies of its first book in two years.
Harvard University PressHarvard University Press publishes both Emily Dickinson and Thomas Piketty. The scholarly press opened in 1913.
SUNY PressThe State University of New York Press, usually called SUNY Press, began in 1966 and works from the city of Albany, New York. It is a university press tied to the State University of New York system, and its job is to publish scholarly…
Cornell University PressCornell University Press went silent for 46 years. Founded in 1869, it went dormant in 1884 and returned in 1930.
MIT PressThe MIT Press began with a single lecture series in 1926. Physicist Max Born delivered it, and MIT chose to publish it.
Duke University PressDuke University Press publishes about 150 books every year. It also puts out more than 55 academic journals and runs five electronic collections. That output comes from an academic publisher affiliated with Duke University, and its reach…
Fairleigh Dickinson University PressA New Jersey university press moved to Vancouver in July 2017. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press began in 1967.
Stanford University PressStanford University Press began as a condition in David Starr Jordan's deal to become president.
Johns Hopkins University PressJohns Hopkins University Press works out of a former Catholic church in Baltimore. It was built in 1897.
University of Illinois PressThe University of Illinois Press publishes the only peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to Lincoln.
University of North Carolina PressThe University of North Carolina Press was founded in 1922, and it carried a distinction from the start. It was the first university press established in the Southern United States. That detail raises the questions this documentary will…
University of Pennsylvania PressThe University of Pennsylvania Press works from a house built 14 years before the press existed.
Syracuse University PressSyracuse University Press has never owned a printing press. Its books carry the university's name, yet they are made by an offsite manufacturer. The Press belongs to Syracuse University and is a member of the Association of University…
Louisiana State University PressLouisiana State University Press published the Pulitzer-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces in 1980.
Fordham University PressFordham University Press, founded in 1907, is the oldest Catholic university press in the United States.
Indiana University PressIndiana University Press's all-time bestseller is a 1955 translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
University of Georgia PressOnly one scholarly publisher serves all 31 University System of Georgia schools: the University of Georgia Press.
Yale University PressYale University Press is the only American university press with a full publishing office in Europe.
Penn State University PressPenn State University Press began with a professor's memoir. Penn State Yankee came from Fred Lewis Pattee.
University Press of KentuckyThe University Press of Kentucky is a consortium of the state's universities, colleges and historical societies.
University of Minnesota PressThe University of Minnesota Press has been publishing books since 1925, as an arm of the University of Minnesota. In fiscal year 2018 its annual revenues came to just over $8 million, a modest sum for a house that takes on demanding…
University of Michigan PressThe University of Michigan Press releases 170 new titles each year in the humanities and social sciences. Yet one of the hardest tests in its history involved a book it never published. The press was only the American distributor, and…
Michigan State University PressMichigan State University Press was established in 1947 as the scholarly publishing arm of Michigan State University. It sits on the campus in East Lansing. The university, however, had been putting scholarship into print long before that…
University of South Carolina PressCasey Clabough saw the University of South Carolina Press improve its authors and book design.
Rutgers University PressEighteen full-time staff run Rutgers University Press in New Jersey. It has built more than eighty book series.
University of Hawaiʻi PressThe University of Hawaiʻi Press, a university press that is part of the University of Hawaiʻi, weighed about 1,300 manuscripts and proposals during its 2007 fiscal year. Its editorial board accepted 60. That narrow gate guards a list…
University of Nebraska PressIn 1961, the University of Nebraska Press began selling cheap paperbacks in truck stops and gas stations.
University Press of KansasThe University Press of Kansas is a publisher based in Lawrence, Kansas, and it carries an unusual job. One press speaks for the books of several state universities at once. How does a single publisher serve that many campuses? How did it…
University Press of MississippiThe University Press of Mississippi, often shortened to UPM, belongs to a small and unusual group among American university presses. Most presses answer to a single campus. This one has more than one university standing behind it. That…
University Press of FloridaThe University Press of Florida has been rebuilt from the ground up twice. It is Florida's oldest book publisher.
University of Massachusetts PressThe University of Massachusetts Press began in 1963 as a publishing arm of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It is a university press, a kind of publisher that exists inside a campus rather than beside it. This documentary asks who…