Wayne State University Press, located in the heart of Detroit’s cultural district, publishes high-quality books and journals that advance scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, foster creativity

d th t d hand the arts, and enhance understanding of the region and the world. We are dedicated to the discovery, discourse, and dissemination of ideas anddissemination of ideas and knowledge and to the well-being of Detroit and Michigan. Our books develop and enrich the lives of students, scholars, and local and international communities of readers.

Wayne State University Press, The Leonard N. Simons Bldg., 4809 Woodward Ave.Detroit, Michigan 48201-1309. Tel: 1-800-WSU-READ http://wsupress.wayne.edu

• The Press has ten

Book Series• The Press has ten active book series that range in topics from Africana studies to Speech and Language Pathology African TV Milestones Great LakesContemporary Beaumont Hospitalat o ogy

• Series help focus the Press’s publishing program and let customers and authors know about the areas

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Film & TV

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Language Pathology

know about the areas in which we have expertise

• Each series has a series editor and an advisory board whoadvisory board who work with the Press’s acquisitions staff to shape the series’ list

• The Press is working to endo each series

Painted TurtleRaphael PataiSeries in Jewish

Folklore &Anthropology

Made in Michigan

Writers Series

Fairy TaleStudies

CitizenshipStudies

to endow each series to provide stability and longevity to our core publishing areas

Journals CriticismA Quarterly for Literature and the Arts

FrameworkThe Journal of Cinema and Media

• The Press publishes 7 journals about subjects as varied as

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and the Arts

Merrill Palmer Quarterly

Media

Discoursegenetics, film and media studies, developmental psychology, fairy-tale studies, and literary criticism

Merrill-Palmer QuarterlyJournal of Developmental Psychology

DiscourseJournal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture

criticism

• Of the 7 journals WSUP publishes, 3 journals (Criticism, Marvels & Tales, and the Merrill Palmer

Marvels & TalesJournal of Fairy-Tale Studies

Lessing Yearbook

the Merrill-Palmer Quarterly) have ties to the University

Human BiologyThe International Journal ofThe International Journal of Population Biology and Genetics

• WSU Press publishes about 35-40 new books and 7 journals each year

• The publishing program is what defines a university press. The number of books

Publishing Program

we publish each year is balanced among subject areas for which we are internationally recognized

• Scholarly and professional books: Monographs and collected volumes of

Africana Studies10%

Film Studies8%

ggroundbreaking and authoritative scholarship

• Regional general-interest books: Nonfiction and gift books that highlight Michigan and Detroit-area history, art and

Other15%

Speech Language

Regional Studies30%

g y,culture

• Creative and literary books: Poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction in our Made in Michigan Writers Series

Poetry and CreativeNonfiction

g gPathology

14%

Jewish StudiesWriters Series

• Academic journals: Seven diverse peer-reviewed journals that span several areas of research including literature and culture, media and film, genetics, folklore and fairy tales and developmental

Nonfiction12%

Jewish Studies11%

2008 sales by subject areaand fairy-tales, and developmental psychology

• The Press is one of several University partners for an online, wiki-style encyclopedia, Living Detroit, which will launch in 2010

Connections to the University

• The Press enjoys partnerships with the Libraries, such as sharing the Digital Commons to allow for e-journal hosting and distribution, and Cohn-Haddow f i J d ifor programs in Judaica

• Thirty-nine faculty members are currently Wayne State University Press authors

• We have a successful intern• We have a successful intern program with WSU students who learn the business of publishing while earning course credit

• The Press publishes important works that emanate from WSUworks that emanate from WSU, from areas such as the Center for the Study of Citizenship, the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Fairy Tale andand Cultures (Fairy Tale and Folktale studies), and the Department of English (primarily film and television)

• The Book Club @ the Carr, in partnership with the Arts League of Michigan, Inside Out Literary Arts Collective the Motown

Connections to the Community

Arts Collective, the Motown Writers Network, and Ladel’s Children’s Books. Will incorporate author discussions, the visual and performing arts, and intergenerational experiences g pon African American authors and artists

• Readings at the Detroit Historical Museum launches in SeptemberSeptember

• Events at MOCAD, the Guardian Building, the DIA, the Scarab Club, the Charles Wright Museum and many more…

• The Press is a member of the Cultural Alliance for Southeast Michigan which among other opportunities for collaboration allowed WSU to be eligible for the recent Community Foundationthe recent Community Foundation Challenge: Arts & Culture $3.75 million matching grant

Administration

• Wayne State University Press has published more than 2,400 titles since 1941 and more than 815 are in printin print

• Annual revenue for the Press is approximately $1.8 million

Business ManagerTheresa Mahoney

DirectorJane Hoehner

• The Press has 17 full time and 2 part time employees

• Current focus on electronic publishingelectronic publishing and distribution of content as well as XML workflow

IT ManagerJames Lee

Development DirectorKate Baker

Publishing Process

• It takes, on average, 18 months for a book to be published, i l di i i

Process

including acquiring, review, revision, and production

• All university press books are peer-reviewed—an added step that ensures excellent scholarship and high quality

• University presses publish both scholarly books that are used by libraries and classes and general-interest books

Editorial, Design, & Production Manager Kristin Acquisitions Manager Kathryn, g , gHarpster Lawrence (bottom), Assistant Design & Production Manager Maya Rhodes (left), Assistant Editorial & Reprints Manager Carrie Teefey (top), Journals Production Editor Alicia Vonderharr (right)

Acquisitions Manager Kathryn Wildfong (top), Acquisitions Editor Annie Martin(center), Assistant Editor/Rights and Permissions Manager Kristina Stonehill (bottom)

Sales & Marketing

• Marketing initiatives include attending scholarly conferences and other events, providing review gcopies to the media, distributing seasonal and subject catalogs, and advertising in a variety of publications l ith

Sales and Marketing Director Margaret Erdman (left), Advertising and Exhibits ManagerEmily Nowak (center), and Promotions Manager Sarah Murphy (right).

along with concentrated sales efforts

• Authors help to promote sales through book signings, book launches, lectures, and other events

• The Press works closely with other university units and community groups to raise the visibility of the Press and the University

Order Fulfillment

• The Press has its own warehouse on site

• Providing distribution

Fulfillment

o d g d st but oservices for numerous smaller publishers brings the Press additional revenue

• Books can be

Fulfillment ManagerTheresa Martinelli

Warehouse ManagerTodd Richards

Books can be purchased in our office as well as in local bookstores

• WSU Faculty, Staff, and Students receive aand Students receive a discount on all Press books and journals!

Customer Service SCustomer Service Manager

Colleen Stone

Storeskeeper John Twomey

The PressInternationally

• WSU Press books extend the name and reach of Wayne State U i it th

Internationally

University across the globe

• WSU Press publishes authors from all over the world, including Japan, Armenia, Germany, Cuba, Canada, Israel, and South Africa

• WSU Press uses sales representatives to make sure its books are sold in bookstores all over the world

website

• The Press’s website features over 815

wsupress.wayne.edu

titles, all of which can be purchased online

• The site receives around 25,000 visitors per monthp

• The Press’s global visibility grows constantly — orders are regularly received from overseasfrom overseas customers

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Our National Book Award finalist…AMERICAN SALVAGEStories by Bonnie Jo CampbellPublished April 2009 (paperback edition)$19.95 cloth edition (December 2009)

On October 15 it was announced that American Salvage was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Awards. WSU Press was the only University Press with a book in the fiction category—truly an amazing feat for a medium-sized scholarly press g y pwith a collection of short stories.

The Press was featured in over 30 articles by major outlets around the country and orders for the book soared. Even more importantly, the book is part of our Made in Michigan Writers series, and much attention was paid to the series and to our Press, University, city, and state.

This was a major coup for Wayne State University d it P !and its Press!

National Book Award ceremony in NYC

The author and the book cover as seen on 30-foot-tall screens above the crowd at Cipriani Wall Street

(left) Author Bonnie Jo Campbell and WSU Press staff on the red

carpet

(right) The table setting, featuring all of the nominated books

Bestsellers from the fall list…

• Travelin’ Man: On the Road and Behind the Scenes with Bob SegerBob SegerBy Tom Weschler and Gary GraffWith a Foreword by John Mellencampand an Afterword by Kid Rockand an Afterword by Kid RockOctober 2009$27.95

• A Motor City YearBy John SobczakWith a Foreword by Jeff DanielsOctober 2009$39.95$39.95

Selected forthcoming titles, Spring 2010…• Eden Springs

A novella by Laura KasischkeA novella by Laura KasischkeAvailable March 2010$18.95 paperA novella set in the House of David religious colony that bubbles with mystery, scandal, and little-known history

• Birth of a Notion; Or, The Half Ain’t Never Been ; ,ToldA Narrative Account with Entertaining Passages of the State of Minstrelsy & of American & the True Relation ThereofBill HarrisAvailable May 2010Available May 2010$18.95 Paper A critical look at black identity in American history and popular culture as told from a performative African American perspective.

• Picturing Hemingway’s MichiganMichael R FederspielMichael R. FederspielAvailable May 2010$39.95t (Cloth) – 9780814334478A compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway’s significant ties to northern Michigan.

• Byron and the Jews• Byron and the JewsSheila A. SpectorAvailable July 2010$59.95 ClothA full-length critical inquiry into the complex interrelationship between the British poet and the Jews.