Aup Book Jacket And Journal Show

We are excited to share the entries for the 2019 association of university presses book jacket and journal show with you.

Aup book jacket and journal show. Each january the jurors gather in the association s new york offices to examine hundreds of submissions and select the very best examples of book journal and cover designs. Learn more about the show view the full list of 2017 selected entries check. Honouring the design and production teams whose work furthers a long tradition of excellence in book design and through a traveling exhibit and acclaimed annual catalog of selected entries visually teaching the tenets of good design.

In the creative industries you d be hard pressed to find anyone that doesn t have a strange relationship with the phrase you can t judge a book by its cover as designers its quite common for the whole point of the job to be getting readers to judge a book literally by its cover. In that short span of time in which we judge books by their covers before we plumb them for their ideas and wisdom we learn to cherish them for their craft and artistry as beautiful objects. This year 241 books 2 journals and 320 jacket and cover designs were submitted for a total of 563 entries.

The archives of american art journal has been selected for inclusion in the association of university presses 2020 book jacket and journal show now in its 55th year this show serves as a focus of discussion and a source of ideas for intelligent creative and resourceful academic publishing. Judging for this year s book jacket and journal show took place on january 23 24 2020 at the aupresses central office in new york. The call for entries for the 2020 association of university presses book jacket and journal show is now available.

Please mail entries as soon as possible to avoid a deluge of entries arriving close to or after the deadline. I have every single aup. Friday january 17 2020.

Since 1965 the american association of university publishers aaup book jacket and journal show has had a mission to honour and instruct. This year s show features 84 entries from 38 member publishers in 7 categories as selected by sue hall lucinda hitchcock tom eykemans and anne twomey. Book jacket and journal show 1412 broadway suite 2135 new york ny 10018.

The aupresses book jacket and journal show is a great chance to see how scholarly publishing is influencing and being influenced by commercial publication design said joel coggins chair of the book jacket and journal show committee and design and production manager at university of pittsburgh press. 45 00 per book journal 35 00 per jacket cover. The book jacket and journal show is a juried design competition open only to member publishers.