The University of Nebraska Press, which puts out many wonderful baseball titles under its own and Bison Books imprints, was named Independent Publisher of 2008 by ForeWord Magazine at the Book Expo America convention this weekend. During the ForeWord Book of the Year awards ceremony, ForeWord publisher Victoria Sutherland called the University of Nebraska Press […]
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Each year SABR’s Deadball Era Committee gives the Larry Ritter Award to the best new book related to the Deadball Era. The 2009 winner is Ron Selter for Ballparks of the Deadball Era. The three other finalists for the award: Rick Huhn for Eddie Collins, Tom Swift for Chief Bender’s Burden, and Michael Lynch for […]
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One of the few publishing houses that feature quality, scholarly baseball titles on a reguklar basis, UNV has two books under consideration for SABR’s coveted Seymour Medal: Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees’ First Dynasty by Dan Levitt, Chief Bender’s Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star by Tom Swift The Seymour […]
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