A terrific new edition of The Journal of Electronic Publishing (v13i2), focusing on the future of university presses and, by extension, of scholarly publishing as a whole.
A lot of terrific-looking articles:
- Editor's Note for Reimagining the University Press by Phil Pochoda
- Reimagining the University Press: A Checklist for Scholarly Publishers by Peter J. Doughtery
- Reimagining the University Press by Kate Wittenberg
- Stage Five Book Publishing by Joseph J. Esposito
- Next-Generation University Publishing: A Perspective from California by Daniel Greenstein
- What Might Be in Store for Universities' Presses by Paul N. Courant
- Imagining a University Press System to Support Scholarship in the Digital Age by Clifford Lynch
- Scaling Vectors: Thoughts on the Future of Scholarly Communication by Tara McPherson
- University Presses in the Ecosystem of 2020 by Michael Jon Jensen
- Terroir--The Hypervisor Press by Peter Brantley
There's some interesting commentary on the issue out there already, here and here.
The previous issue of JEP (v13i1) also has some relevant articles.
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