The State of the University Press
Meeting the Commercial Imperative at University of Chicago Press
Talk to University of Chicago Press director Garrett Kiely, who also sits on the board of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP), and he'll tell you that many of the presses that are struggling today -- financially or otherwise -- are dealing with the same sort of headaches being suffered by their colleagues in the commercial world. And yet there is one major difference: "The commercial imperative," says Kiely, "has never been a requirement for many of these [university] presses."
Dan Eldridge is a journalist and guidebook author based in Philadelphia's historic Old City district, where he and his partner own and operate Kaya Aerial Yoga, the city's only aerial yoga studio. A longtime cultural reporter, Eldridge also writes about small business and entrepreneurship, travel, and the publishing industry. Follow him on Twitter at @YoungPioneers.
