The State of the University Press
One way the University of Chicago Press is attempting to aid and assist those smaller publishers involves the services of BiblioVault, something of a side business that Chicago refers to as a digital repository for scholarly books. Essentially an ebook conversion service and a digital distributor in one, BiblioVault offers long-term storage and distribution services for its 90 member presses.
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