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...started the project because I had the primitive desire to have a big book that could explain my world; not a picture, but something that could convey the whole thing to readers,” Waters says regarding the concept behind “Literary History,” which he conceived in 1982. It was only on September 29, 2005 that the project would officially be set in motion. Also the catalyst behind HU Press’ similarly titled French and German literary histories, Waters, with Sollors and Marcus, created an editorial board that formed, as Waters puts...
...Mexico in America.” “It’s people who aren’t academics, who don’t necessarily see themselves as big-time readers, but who still maintain intellectual interests and want to know how to think about the world in the 21st century,” she speculates...
...Movement. Citing the price as an investment the individual customer would not perhaps make, he explains, “I’m not trying to sound critical of what the book’s attempting here, by any means. There’s definitely a market in the world for good reference works, but it’s typically an institutional market rather than an individual market...
...says Donnelly. Sales fell ten percent, according to a report by “The Crimson.” “Last year there was a financial crisis that the entire globe was situated within…And there is a lot of disorder in the world of publishing so we didn’t have such a great year last year,” she says, noting that the price of books in general is rising...
...rewards—scholarly, not monetary—that HU Press reaps warrant the investment. “The reason Harvard University has a press,” Donnelly says, “is to do things that are worthwhile projects in terms of the world of ideas or scholarship…We want to spend our money—what money we have—doing that kind of thing rather than try to publish something that will sell lots of copies and make lots of money. We want to do something positive for the world of ideas...