The State of the University Press
Specifically, Sherer is referring to the aforementioned monograph mandate -- the insistence from a university press' affiliated institution that it continue publishing scholarly humanities monographs in print form. (The monograph model in Europe has largely made the transition into digital.) "[Monographs have] just become more and more difficult to publish in any economically sustainable way," says Sherer. "The scale of it keeps getting smaller and smaller, and [university presses have] done a poor job of transitioning to a potential digital market."
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.
