As it continues moving forward in the world of digital book publishing, the University of Michigan Press has updated an old concept for a new era: the serialized novel. Starting today, the imprint is offering two novels available for free, one chapter at a time, via its Facebook page.
An article in Michigan History magazine first brought Patricia Majher's attention to the subject. Kathy Mason's 2003 cover story, “Mystery at Sand Point Lighthouse,” described the suspicious circumstances surrounding a fire at this Escanaba lighthouse that claimed the life of keeper Mary Terry, who had been given the job after ...
Note: this story has been updated with more information on the controversy over "Roger and Me." Years ago, I interviewed an Ann Arbor man who’d known controversial filmmaker (and Michigan native) Michael Moore while growing up, and the interviewee said of Moore, “He’s a gadfly, but he’s our gadfly.” Because ...
If you are the sort of person who looks for any chance to get Grandma and Grandpa going about the good old days, you're going to love “Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings: Landscapes of the Heart and Mind” (University of Michigan Press). If you cherish these old stories so ...
Concentrate has a story this week about area university presses and their new focus on regional content. The University of Michigan Press and Wayne State University Press publish scholarly texts as their primary mission, but both have broadened their focus to include regional titles as well. The full article, written ...
Stanley Livingston, Ann Arbor music and celebrity photographer, passed away Wednesday from a heart attack, following heart surgery earlier this year. He was 69. Livingston took tens of thousands of professional celebrity photographs over the years, including artists ranging from John Lennon to B.B. King. His most recent project was ...
If prices are prohibting you from reading more books electronically, the University of Michigan Press has a deal for some of its scholarly titles: E-book rentals.
“This all started with a camera and a full tank of gas,” explained John Fedynsky. He’s talking about his book, “Michigan County Courthouses: An Encyclopedic Tour of Michigan Courthouses” (University of Michigan Press), in which he visits every single one of our fair state’s 83 county seats to tell us ...
In 1969 and 1970, the Ann Arbor Blues Festival brought together an impressive slate of performers that seemed to feature every big name in the blues genre. Stanley Livingston, a professional photographer from Ann Arbor, was there, and now a sampling of his work has been released in the book ...
Paul Gross, the WDIV Channel 4 staff meteorologist, has a new book out called "Extreme Michigan Weather" that was published by the University of Michigan Press. In it, he gives a history of some of the most substantial weather events in the state. Today's weather links look at some of ...
The University of Michigan Press is in a unique position to honor National Autism Awareness Month by offering…awareness. The university’s publishing arm kicked off its brand-new Open Text Project on April 1 by making its 2009 title “The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from My Silent Son” available in its entirety, ...
Among the illustrious University of Michigan’s many long arms is its Biological Station, a small village on the southern tip of Douglas Lake, maybe 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. It has all the necessities of academic life — varied sorts of housing, a big communal cafeteria, a lecture ...
The new University of Michigan Press Author Series will offer, in the Gallery (room 100) of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library (920 North University), a monthly talk or show-and-tell by an author, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Kicking things off on Wednesday, January 13 at 5:30 p.m. is ...
The University of Michigan Press is growing rapidly in the digital arena, announcing recently that its selection of books available in electronic formats has grown to 500. In an unusual move for a university press, U-M Press titles are available directly from its web site in addition to other outlets. ...
The Library of Michigan has released its annual Michigan Notable Books list, and Ann Arbor has made a strong showing. Of the 20 books on the annual list, 4 are from Ann Arbor authors or were published in Ann Arbor. Two non-fiction books published by University of Michigan Press made ...
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