It is our pleasure to announce the publication of David Pettegrew’s Corinthian Countrysides: Linked Open Data and Analysis from the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey. This book presents the history, methods, results, and analysis  of the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey (EKAS)which took place from 1997 to 2003 in the fields east of the city of Corinth and along the Saronic coastline. This intensive survey project collected a massive amount of information from this area that illuminates the bustling landscape surrounding the Greek and Roman city. Pettegrew’s work presents and analyzes this information, and encourages readers to dig into the range of…

It’s NEW BOOK DAY at The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota.  I am very excited to announce the publication of Campus Building, a reflective celebration on Merrifield Hall on the campus of the University of North Dakota edited by Shilo Virginia Previti, Grant McMillan, and Samuel Amendolar. This book brings together archival research, creative writing, interviews, and stunning photographs to tell the story of Merrifield Hall from the perspectives of students and faculty who spent so many hours learning, teaching, and experiencing the building over the years. These reflections and research are timely as Merrifield Hall is currently…

The best day at The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota is always New Book Day. The Digital Press is very pleased to announce the publication of Epoiesen, volume 2. Epoiesen is exactly what it says on the box: a journal for creative engagement in history and archaeology. It is edited by Shawn Graham at Carleton University in Ottawa in collaboration with an impressive editorial board. The library at Carleton hosts digital side of the journal and The Digital Press publishes an annual paper and pdf version of articles. This issue includes a model for creating interactive, immersive historical texts using…

The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota is very excited to announce the publication of the first volume of the Epoiesen Annual. This is an annual volume based on the extraordinary new journal, Epoiesen: A Journal for Creative Engagement in History and Archaeology, edited by Shawn Graham and colleagues and hosted by the library at Carleton University in Ottawa. Check it out here. Epoiesen (ἐποίησεν) – made – is a journal for exploring creative engagement with the past, especially through digital means. It publishes primarily what might be thought of as “paradata” or artist’s statements that accompany playful and unfamiliar forms of singing…

The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota is looking ahead to its most exciting year ever. Various projects are rushing to maturity in the next few months, and my schedule for 2019 is already shaping up. So this seems as good a time as any to do a quick update. First, come and hang out with some Digital Press authors and editors on Saturday night at Ojata Records here in Grand Forks, North Dakota from 7 pm on. For conversation, books, music, and, of course awesome free gifts thanks to The Digital Press, North Dakota Quarterly, June Panic, Andrew Reinhard, Chris Matthews,…

If you’re a North Dakota reader, you should make plans to come over the the North Dakota Museum of Art on Friday, December 8th at 3 pm to hear a panel on Micah Bloom’s Codex featuring Micah Bloom (Minot State University), Thora Brylowe (University of Colorado-Boulder), David Haeselin (UND), Sheila Liming (UND), and Brian Schill (North Dakota Quarterly). It’s part of the College of Arts and Sciences A-ha! Lecture Series and co-sponsored by The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota and North Dakota Quarterly. Here’s the flyer: Here’s the press release: Book Release Event for Micah Bloom’s Codex …

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I announce the publication of the digital version of Micah Bloom’s Codex. This is an ambitious, transmedia work that includes a limit-edition numbered hardcover book, a digital book, two award-winning films, an installation, and, very soon, a trade paperback. Micah Bloom’s photographs explores the fate of books in the aftermath of the historic Minot floods of 2011. It is joined by a group of original essays that unpack Bloom’s photographs and films, the events of the flood, and the meaning of book in our world. The digital version of the book is…

The last few weeks have been busy ones for The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. We are in the process of negotiating a collaboration with the University of North Dakota’s venerable literary journal, North Dakota Quarterly, to see it become a more nimble and digital publication. We have also agreed to work with an innovative new digital journal of archaeology and material culture, Epoiesen, edited by Shawn Graham at Carleton University in Ottawa. These collaborative projects represent the core values of The Digital Press as they look to bridge the gap between traditional publication and innovation and…

Traditionally, academic publishers fulfill several key steps in moving a manuscript to publication. Once they receive the manuscript, they coordinate peer review, offer editorial and even content suggestions, and perform copy edits, layout pages, and, most importantly, produce the final publication (before distributing and marketing this product from which they take a cut). In other words, the publication process is creative, generative, and adds value, but also tends to be distinct from the process that generated the manuscript. In other words, a wall exists between author and publisher that helps establish publishing as separate from writing and to justify the…