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News Release
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS / April 15, 2009
Boise State University Launches New Effort to Publish Books
of Scholarship about Idaho and the West
Boise State University is undertaking a new plan to market and publish
books of popular scholarship about Idaho and the West, starting with 35
titles that have a tie to the university. The university-wide project is
housed under Boise State’s Division of Research.
The project’s intent isn’t to be a university-wide press, but instead a
flexible publishing consortium that will feature juried non-fiction and
popular scholarship with proven market appeal that focuses on Idaho and the
American West. The project will expand beyond books to include on-line and
downloadable works, print-on-demand publications and DVDs. Overall, the
project will consolidate and coordinate the university’s research and
publication efforts.
A sample of the numerous publications available include:
• The Hemingway Western Studies Series, edited by English professor Tom
Trusky.
• The Idaho Landscape Series, including the magazine by the same name,
Western titles and books, edited by history professor Todd Shallat.
• The Idaho Metropolitan Research Series, featuring books about urban-rural
problems and policy. The series is edited by social sciences and public
affairs dean Melissa Lavitt.
• The Otter Pre K-12 Idaho Education Series, developed by education
professor Stan Steiner, history professor Todd Shallat and Idaho first lady
Lori Otter. The series includes education books including Steiner’s “P is
for Potato,” “Ida,” and others directed at the K-12 market.
In addition to juried works published in the Boise State series, a
publications catalog, “New U Writings,” is available now and a Web site,
www.booksboisestate.com,
will include writings by Boise State professors published elsewhere by
notable university and commercial presses. For more information, call
426-1514.
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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
Boise State University is “The New U Rising” with record student
enrollment, new academic buildings, additional degree programs and a growing
research agenda. Learn more at
www.boisestate.edu.
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