Comments on: University presses have podcasts

University presses have podcasts

Kattullus — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:35:57 -0800

Invisible Handwriting is the blog of Heron & Crane Productions, who do podcasts for the MIT, Harvard, Yale and University of California presses. Heron & Crane link to every episode they produce from their blog. The Rutgers Press and University of Michigan Press do their own podcasts. All podcasts are almost exclusively interviews with authors of books recently published by the presses. Heron & Crane also does a business management podcast called The Invisible Hand.

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:21:21 -0800

So, this is just editors interviewing their own authors? And shills paid to interview authors? How inspiring that if I write a book now, I'm guaranteed an 'on-air' interview with somebody!

By: sneakin

sneakin — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:30:33 -0800

Personally, I dig hearing authors talk about their writing and the work that inspired it. Episode 9 of the MIT Press podcast (interview with DJ Spooky) is super. Thanks for this.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:55:25 -0800

Oh wow this is fantastic. I don't have time to read 1/10th the books that come out monthly (weekly!) so to get the "big idea" summary through author promotional tours is a commonly good way to stay up to date with current ideas and trends. However most of the University Press books are kinda off-broadway so to speak so this is the first time I've seen a resource devoted to it. Yale UP is my favorite in the US. This is a goldmine of great stuff - I like BookTV on C-Span for the same reason. Thanks!

By: LarryC

LarryC — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:28:28 -0800

Fantastic post, thanks.

By: YoungAmerican

YoungAmerican — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:47:45 -0800

Parmanparman, I've done a few interviews like this (as an interviewer), and I think it's entirely possible to do this in a way that's useful. If it's done well, of course.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:14:29 -0800

Fantastic! Thanks for this.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:24:10 -0800

So, this is just editors interviewing their own authors? And shills paid to interview authors? Yes because clearly these huge powerful university press types will stop at NOTHING to crush the poor McStarBooks!

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:00:45 -0800

R. Mutt: "So, this is just editors interviewing their own authors? And shills paid to interview authors? Yes because clearly these huge powerful university press types will stop at NOTHING to crush the poor McStarBooks!" You forgot corrupt.