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)

Best of 2012 Round Up

In addition to 'Best Of' accolades for Let the People In and A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove, we're proud to share that the following books were hand picked by a variety of outlets as some of the best of 2012.

Colonel Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood
Picked by Thomas Gladysz as one of the best film books of 2012 on Huffington Post Books


See the list at huffingtonpost.com>>

Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate
Picked by Heather Mallick as one of the best books of 2012 in the Toronto Star


See the list at thestar.com>>

Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann RichardsPicked by Blue Willow bookstore as one of the best books of 2012
 
See the list at blog.bluewillowbookshop.com>>
  

Nathan Lyons: Selected Essays, Lectures, and Interviews Picked by Time Magazine’s Lightbox blog as one of the best photography books of 2012

See the list at lightbox.time.com>>

  
Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown
Picked by Uprooted Music Revue as one of the top 15 music books of the year

See the list at uprootedmusicrevue.com


Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection
Nic Nicosia
Texas Furniture Volume Two: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880
Picked by staff as some of the best coffee table books of 2012 in The Austin-American Statesman

See the list at statesman.com>>

Vintage Moquegua: History, Wine, and Archaeology on a Colonial Peruvian Periphery
Picked by Gourmand International as one of the best drink history books of 2012

See the list at cookbookfair.com>>