Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:50:11 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>, <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] News From Hopkins Fulfillment Services - a division of JHU Press Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> > Eva Whitley <eva.whitley at gmail.com> 4/1/2011 2:36 PM >>> >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 distribute= d 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 service to university = presses, was a natural match," >said Miskatonic University librarian Dr. Henry Armitage. >> >> Next year the press plans to publish a revised edition of the Necronomic= on, which will include an >interactive e-book, with a new text-to-incantation feature. HFS will also = be responsible for the >dissemination of the Pnakotic Manuscripts and the R'lyeh Text. >> >> The Press's board of directors, known affectionately as the Elder Ones, = commented: "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 = of 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! Hey, don't say that within earshot of Buzz Aldrin! mjw