Image: iStock By Sarah E. Bond and Kevin Gannon What is the value of public outreach for an early-career scholar? Does it help or hurt your chances of getting,…

Why academic writing gets a bad rap. Nick Ogonosky for The Chronicle Nick Ogonosky for The Chronicle October 11, 2019 By JAN MIESZKOWSKI Fads may come and go,…

October 15, 2019 By JUSTIN A. SIDER The wilting of Harold Bloom’s intellectual reputation happened long ago, but with his passing the fierce wit of very-online…

Picking the right font for your Kindle or Nook can enhance your reading experience. Some fonts are easy on the eyes, some have a ton of personality, and some…

October 7, 2019 How to work with journal editors to get published This post continues our series, The Smart Scholar , on advice for getting published in an…

Nonfiction Credit Chris Gash Amazon Apple Books Barnes and Noble Local Booksellers When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an…

And We’re Live!: A Rough Guide on Academic Podcasting

The academic book review has long had a status issue, both in the United States and elsewhere. With the advent in the U.K., where I'm based, of the Research…

This essay is the third in a three-part series dedicated to answering the question “What do university press editors have to say about the mystery surrounding…

Getty Images The first essay I ever published online, " Coding ‘White Trash’ in Academia, " was a rant I drafted in a few hours — about how my rural, small-town…

He nurtured an empire of influential comic strips, including “Cathy,” “Doonesbury,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” “The Boondocks” and “For Better or for Worse.” Lalo…

Last week, I wrote about an interview I recently conducted with two university press editors -- Elizabeth Ault, an editor at Duke University Press, and Jim…

Here’s a simple question for my faculty colleagues. Why can sales representatives from commercial textbook publishers just walk into your departments and…

A Love Letter to Neighborhood Bookshops Nashville is about to find out that the lowest price isn’t always the best value. Contributing Opinion Writer Parnassus…

Undistracted reading hasn’t disappeared; it may never have existed to begin with. Illustration by Ben Denzer A physical book is good for much more than reading.…

According to the lawsuit, Cengage — whose merger with McGraw-Hill is under review by the Department of Justice — has not been calculating authors’ royalties…

James Daunt, who has run Waterstones since 2011, is the new chief executive of Barnes & Noble. Credit Suzie Howell for The New York Times Skip to contentSkip to…

Scott Anderson, NewsTribune via AP Images A textbook-rental program at a community college in Illinois Traditional textbook publishers are struggling. Secondary…

(Hat-tip to Bryan Alexander for highlighting many of these points on Twitter.) Tuesday’s IHE piece on Pearson’s move to “digital-first” textbooks is worth a…