From the Web: University Press Publishing Under an Autocracy

Jacob Jurss Discussion

Guest writing for the Scholarly Kitchen, Tony Sanfilippo considers the rapidly changing landscape confronting academic presses. Sanfilippo contemplates the role of peer-review, explores trade book lists, and ruminates on the role of local bookstores.

But now I’m wondering if the disappearance of those community book sanctuaries and the salons and discussions they promoted isn’t yet another factor in creating a citizenry that can’t tell fact from fiction, the truth from a lie.

Book Channel readers can find Sanfilippo’s article here.