Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:36:22 -0400 Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] News From Hopkins Fulfillment Services - a division of JHU Press From: Eva Whitley <eva.whitley at gmail.com> To: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com Cc: Michael Walsh <mjw at press.jhu.edu>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Michael Walsh <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote: > Effective today, April 1, Miskatonic University Press will be distributed= by Hopkins Fulfillment Services. > > Located in Arkham, Mass., Miskatonic University is world renowned for its= collection of rare texts. "Partnering with HFS, known for their superior s= ervice to university presses, was a natural match," said Miskatonic Univers= ity librarian Dr. Henry Armitage. > > Next year the press plans to publish a revised edition of the Necronomico= n, which will include an interactive e-book, with a new text-to-incantation= feature. HFS will also be responsible for the dissemination of the Pnakoti= c Manuscripts and the R'lyeh Text. > > The Press's board of directors, known affectionately as the Elder Ones, c= ommented: "We appreciate what fresh blood will do for our spring list." On = a related note, the press's prior distributor could not be reached. > > "I always suspected it would come to this," said Davida Breier, manager o= f Hopkins Fulfillment Services. > > <http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1429#m11877> > (And I had nothing to do with this ...) > Sure...next you'll be telling me we landed on the moon! -- Eva Whitley I like these cold, gray winter days. =A0Days like these let you savor a bad mood. =A0~Bill Watterson