Happy to share this good news with friends in South Carolina and beyond!

If you're a supporter of preserving the stories of the Civil Rights Movement, please consider donating to The SC Civil Rights Museum. Founded by Cecil Williams, the museum needs your help to remain free so everyone can share in this important history. www.southcarolinacivilrightsmuseum.com/support

Thanks to @uofscnewsy.bsky.social for highlighting how "The Savers of Flavor" program, produced by friends at SCETV, came to be. (See the piece here tinyurl.com/4h44cabm) At @uscpress.bsky.social we look forward to working with Chef Mitchell and Professor Shields on future books!

@uscpress.bsky.social will be in Seattle in numbers! Big thanks to colleagues at @aupresses.bsky.social for putting together such a great program and for all of the logistical support to bring the community to the Pacific Northwest. HT @uwapress.uw.edu

ReadUP on America250: Discover Revolutionary-era history, plus insights into the American experiment, 250 years along. Here's a curated collection of more than 100 books from our member presses & their expert authors to explore. https://bit.ly/3Pnwgjt

Time is short to register for the 2026 Piedmont Publishing Symposium: open.clemson.edu/pps/ The panel on the business of publishing--with @atrubek.bsky.social, Kourtnay King, & @megireid.bsky.social--will be great! HT to all our sponsors, including @aupresses.bsky.social, and host Wofford College!

Discover your next great read! Shop our spring sale and enjoy 40% off all books, plus FREE SHIPPING on all U.S. orders over $50, May 4–31, 2026. Visit uscpress.com and use discount code JSPRING26 at checkout. #booksky #booksale

I appreciate Greg Adaline and WIS colleague, Marybeth Jacoby, for having me on yesterday afternoon. Great to talk about the buzz at @uscpress.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/yy4b3462

"Publishing for the People: Institutional Collaboration in the Service of Scholars & Readers" This @cni-org.bsky.social Project Briefing re-centers researchers in the scholarly #digitalpublishing ecosystem @browncds.bsky.social @uscpress.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social www.cni.org/topics/digit...

Congratulations to our former publishing intern, Phoebe Fischer! We're so proud of this next step in her publishing career!

@uofsclibraries.bsky.social invited Miranda Bennett of @uofcalifornia.bsky.social California Digital Library to offer insight into #openaccess publishing partnerships like the one with the Big10 Academic Alliance. Open and digital publishing are moving fast and unpredictable ways. #highereducation

It has been a wonderful school year with Amanda Hardin, our Graduate Acquisitions Assistant! Today is her last day at USC Press, but she is going on to a wonderful opportunity at @yalebooks.bsky.social as their Acquisitions Editorial intern, so please send her all of your congratulations! 🩵

Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to [email protected] 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters

@uscpress.bsky.social is getting excited about the upcoming event at Wofford in Spartanburg, SC!

Happy pub day to Meredith Love and Christopher Johnson for their new book, Carolina Currents Volume 3. Travel as Resistance! Get your copy now at uscpress.com/Carolina-Cur...

Early praise for Foraging Wild Herbs from Richard Porcher, coauthor of A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina. Pre-order your copy now at uscpress.com/Foraging-Wil... #foraging #outdoors #booksky

In an incredible turn out for Give4Garnet 2026, we raised $16,343 for our internship stipend! It is a privilege to share our mission and work with our students. They are diligent, creative, and ambitious students that we are proud to have on the team. Thank you!

Starting at noon, #Give4Garnet moves to a Closing Time Power Hour: 12PM - 2PM. If @uscpress.bsky.social receives the most donors during this time, another $2,500 will be donated to support our undergrad interns! Give here at any time but especially from 12 to 2: give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...

#Give4Garnet continues today for @uscpress.bsky.social Please make a donation, of any size, to support our fantastic interns, like Stephanie, and ensure they receive equitable stipends. tinyurl.com/27xkmv74 Small gifts are welcome! We want to hear from all who support paid interships!!

At 5:59 a.m. today #Give4Garnet begins! @uscpress.bsky.social asks that you make a donation, of any size, to support our interns. give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1... Your gift ensures equitable stipends to our outstanding students who are essential to our publication program.

#Give4Garnet is tomorrow and I encourage you to go to our giving page (give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...) and make a gift to support our amazing interns! @uscpress.bsky.social thrives because of the contributions of interns. Help us ensure they receive fair stipends!!

Happy Pub Day to Carl Borick for his new book, Backcountry Resistance! The extraordinary story of a war fought by the ordinary people of the South Carolina Backcountry uscpress.com/Backcountry-... #booksky #history #america250

Meet Natalia, the incredibly creative intern behind the digital campaign for, A Dream Deferred by Akua McDaniel. If you would like to support students like Natalia, please consider sharing this post and/or donating to our USC Press Internship Stipend Fund at give4garnet.sc.edu/givin.../104...

Here's a special shout out to USC Press authors for taking the time out of their busy schedules to work with our interns. For Taste the State Georgia, Stephanie presented her campaign ideas to Chef Mitchell, a highlight of the summer! Donate to USC Interns here: give4garnet.sc.edu/givin.../104...

Working on something similar here in South Carolina! FYI @aupresses.bsky.social

At @uscpress.bsky.social we are gearing up for the 2026 #Give4Garnet. Our focus is our undergraduate interns & increasing their stipends. Interns make a tremendous contribution to our operation & their time with us contributes significantly to their careers. Please consider making a donation!

People my age (middle aged) are (unreflective) blue-sky optimists about digital tech. Those younger, not so much: tinyurl.com/ypc8dtma The middle-aged are also oddly comfortable outsourcing our thinking to GenAI. Thank goodness that younger cohorts value more than so-called efficiency.

For those who missed it, here is the book talk between Shannon Ivey and Dr. Sidney Morrison, moderated by Debbie Billings at All Good Books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQP... #colorectalcancersurvivor #debutmemoir #booksky

The partnership that @uscpress.bsky.social has with Francis Marion University to publish CAROLINA CURRENTS is a great example of inter-institutional work for the greater good in South Carolina. CAROLINA CURRENTS is highlighted in the fall/winter edition of the FMU alumni magazine: lnkd.in/eDeYdVbw

Inspiring first day at the nonprofit summit organized by Together SC!

Palmetto and Spartina: morning details from Charleston

Hot off the press! Shannon Ivey's article with the @todayshow.com about her journey surviving colorectal cancer: www.today.com/health/women...

Give4Garnet 2026 is already in the works with Early Giving starting today! To make our internship accessible to even more students, we want to increase the stipend to $1,250 per intern, and we need your support! You can make your early donation here: give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...

Shannon Ivey sat down with Maureen Umeh at FOX 5 DC for the start of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to talk about early signs and self-advocacy: www.fox5dc.com/video/fmc-46... #cancersurvivor #colorectalcancer

For a limited time only, the Ebook version of Shannon Ivey's debut memoir, Welcome to the Sh*t Show, is .99 cents! You can catch this sale wherever you buy Ebooks, so spread the word and don't miss out! bookshop.org/p/books/welc... #booksky #memoir #booksale #cancermemoir #cancersurvivor

Registration is open for the 2026 Piedmont Publishing Symposium: lnkd.in/ekTnh6wS Join 100+ publishing professionals, authors, allies, & students for conversations about the business of independent publishing. HT @cupress.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social UNG Press. FYI @aupresses.bsky.social

The #250th is upon us & @uscpress.bsky.social has essential reading on the Southern Campaign. Carl Borick tells the story of the soliders in the South Caroina Militia and details the civil war in what was about to become the Palmetto State. FYI @amrevmuseum.bsky.social @revolution250.bsky.social

Celebrating 20 years of Cocky's Reading Express here at @sc.edu! See the full article here: tinyurl.com/mzdfckxz #literacy #allthingsSC

For 10 years, our Center for Civil Rights History & Research has been telling the story of South Carolina’s major role in the American Civil Rights movement. More on that history & the important work that the center has done to bring it to life for generations to come. https://youtu.be/sSswXFW3Bt4

There’s life left in the world of book reviewing!

Please join us in welcoming 2 new members of the Association: National Taiwan University Press as a Regular Member and the newly formed American University of Sharjah Press as an Introductory Member. https://bit.ly/4k4uKxA

250th celebrations are getting underway and @uscpress.bsky.social is sharing our collection of titles on the American Revolution. Go to uscpress.com and use the discount code JSC250 for 30% of all titles.

RIP

Thanks to Stephanie Hunt and everyone at Charleston Magazine for this attention! A New Biography Reveals the Life and Legacy of Edwin Augustus Harleston, Charleston’s Forgotten Portrait Artist charlestonmag.com/features/a_n...

At @uscpress.bsky.social we are eager to receive applications from experienced and enthusiastic book marketing professionals. Drop me a note to talk about the position!

Congratulations to Carolyn Click ick for winning the 2026 South Carolina African American Heritage Commission Book Prize for The Cost of the Vote! Get your copy at uscpress.com/The-Cost-of-... @aupresses.bsky.social #blackhistorymonth #bookaward #booksky #awardwinner

@uscpress.bsky.social will be there!

Save the dates & make plans to join us as we gather in person once again for our flagship community event! #AUPresses26 will take place June 13-15 in Seattle, WA. Find the latest information here: https://bit.ly/3LZAyeW

Congratulations to Claudia Smith Brinson and Cecil Williams for receiving an honorable mention for the 2026 South Carolina African American Heritage Commission Book Prize for Injustice in Focus! Get your copy at uscpress.com/Injustice-in... @aupresses.bsky.social #blackhistorymonth #booksky

Happy to talk about this position!