Publicity Round Up

Ben Affleck in Argo

for Tom Hayden's review

of The CIA in Hollywood

The University of Texas Press is pleased to share some recent publicity highlights, both for books that are still getting attention, as well as some forthcoming titles that are about to make a splash.

• Alex Marshall's The Surprising Design of Market Economies was featured in Sam Roberts’s Bookshelf column in The New York Times. Read the full article on nytimes.com>> 
• Tricia Jenkins' The CIA in Hollywood was reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books by legendary peace activist Tom Hayden. Read the full review on lareviewofbooks.org>> 
• Tom Hayden's review was re-posted on Salon.com and even made the Salon homepage! See the review on salon.com>>
• Michael Johns' The Education of a Radical was reviewed in Foreign Affairs. Read the review on foreignaffairs.com>> 
• David R. Mares and David Scott Palmer's Power, Institutions, and Leadership in War and Peace was selected by Foreign Affairs in a list of ‘What to Read on Peruvian Politics’. Read the full list on foreignaffairs.com>> 
• Scott Roberts' The Salt Lick Cookbook was reviewed in Portland Book Review. Read the full review on portlandbookreview.com>> 
• Susan and Van Metzler's Texas Mushrooms: A Field Guide was reviewed in ‘The Birdbooker Report’ in The Guardian. Read the review on guardian.co.uk>> 
• Eric A. Goldman's forthcoming The American Jewish Story Through Cinema was mentioned in New Yorks The Blueprint. Read the article on nyblueprint.com>>
• Robb Walsh and Rufus O. Lovett's forthcoming Barbecue Crossroads has been included in a 'Must Read' list for 2013 from the New York Times New Service, which has been picked up by many outlets:

Therecord.com>>

Amestrib.com>>

Guelphmercury.com>>

Houston's Chron.com>>

 

Daily Kos :: The Surprising Design of Market Economies

The Surprising Design of Market Economies

by Alex Marshall

Buy It Now

Daily Kos member and contributor Harry Lane says of Alex Marshall's book The Surprising Design of Market Economies,  

"This is, in my opinion, a very important book that ought to be read by everyone.... Marshall makes what is to me a surprising argument, namely that our entire concept of markets is tainted by the way the issue has been framed, and that there are potential fundamental alternatives that are not even being thought about." 

He also provides an extensive précis, chapter by chapter.

Read the full article at dailykos.com >>

AAUP Book, Jacket & Journal Show :: 13 UT Press Titles!

We are happy to report that many UT Press titles have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 AAUP Book, Jacket & Journal Show.

Judging for the 2013 AAUP Book, Jacket and Journal Show took place January 24-25 at the AAUP Central Office in New York City. Approximately 273 books, 331 jacket and cover design entries, and 4 journals were entered. 51 books and 44 jackets/covers were chosen by the jurors as the very best examples from this pool of excellent design.  
UT Press congratulates the design staff below on the recognition they duly deserve!

Trade Illustrated Books:
DKR: A Royal Scrapbook (designed by Derek George)
Andy Coolquitt (designed by Derek George)
Nic Nicosia (designed by Lindsay Starr)

Trade Typographic Book:
Let the People In (designed by Lindsay Starr)
 
Scholarly Illustrated Book:
Photographing the Mexican Revolution (designed by Lindsay Starr)
 
Covers/Jackets:
All-American Boy (designed by Derek George) 
Colonel Sanders and the American Dream (designed by Derek George) 
Dwight Yoakam (designed by Lindsay Starr) 
The Fictional Christopher Nolan (Ayham Ghraowi)
Killer on the Road (designed by Derek George) 
Ryan Adams (designed by Lindsay Starr)
The Surprising Design of Market Economies (designed by Derek George)
Uncivil Wars (designed by Lindsay Starr)

Atlantic Monthly Cities Blog :: The Surprising Design of Market Economies

The Surprising Design of Market Economies

By Alex Marshall

Buy it now

The Atlantic Monthly's Cities blog inteviews author Alex Marshall:  

"Alex Marshall, a journalist and senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association, has written two books on the topic of cities: How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl and The Roads Not Taken and Beneath the Metropolis: The Secret Lives of Cities. He also lectures on urbanism and teaches courses on infrastructure.


His newest book, released this fall, is a departure—but not as radical of one as it might first appear. The Surprising Design of Market Economies debunks the notion that free markets are "natural." Indeed, Marshall explains, market economies are about as natural as the "completely human-made and -maintained" Prospect Park near his Brooklyn apartment.
"City leaders didn’t just leave nature as is," he writes. "They constructed it." The same is true for market economies, Marshall explained in a recent interview with The Atlantic Cities."

Read the full review on theatlanticcities.com >>

Bloomberg :: The Surprising Design of Market Economies

The Surprising Design of Market Economies

By Alex Marshall

Buy it now

Alex Marshall, author of The Surprising Design of Market Economies, wrote a very interesting op-ed in Bloomberg View about the Penguin - Random House merger:
 
"I have a new book out, and it’s been for sale at various prices. Try $9.99, $13.75, $16.17, $18.25, $21.66 and, with tax, $27.18.

Welcome to the tumultuous world of book selling and book pricing, particularly online, where “bots” scurry around virtual bookshelves, checking competitors’ prices. Lawsuits, buyouts and mergers also flourish as publishers and online retailers vie for control.

With the proposed merger between Penguin and Random House, through their corporate overlords -- U.K.-based Pearson Plc (PSON) and Germany’s Bertelsmann SE -- it seems as if the traditional book world is joining forces to stem the tide. Instead, the new behemoth will be carried on the wave with everyone else, as companies large and small adapt to the rise of the e-book and the low and unpredictable prices charged by the dominant e-book and conventional book seller: Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)

When my hardback book became available for “pre-ordering” in May, the Seattle-based retailer sold it for a bit more than $22, a few dollars less than the $25 list price. In July, though, Amazon (AMZN) had lowered the price to $13 and change. A few weeks later, it was more than $18. Then it became $16.50. For any of these, I would have to pay $3.99 shipping unless I had an Amazon prime membership at an annual cost of $79. Still, most of these total prices were substantially below list."

Read the full oped on bloomberg.com >>