The Harvard University Press (HUP) website is more than just a listing of brilliant academic books. It is also a hub from which to explore big ideas. Readers may like to start by browsing HUP's listings by subject, author, or seasonal catalog. From there, the Recent News column makes for an excellent read, as it links to interviews, articles, and profiles of HUP authors from around the web. In...

University-sponsored presses are almost as old as the very enterprise of higher education itself, as their origins can be traced back to the publication of a commentary on the Apostle's Creed at Oxford in 1478. The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) was formed in 1946, and its website offers information that is both specific to the enterprise of scholarly publications and to the...

UW-Madison Libraries' Parallel Press combines book publishing traditions with new technology to provide print-on-demand books and a series of chapbooks (small, inexpensive books featuring the works of authors and poets with a Wisconsin connection). Print-on-demand books parallel the online editions created by the Libraries' digitizing initiatives. Currently, four titles, including David Hayman's A...