Read and give

Stona Fitch ’83 founds new kind of publishing house

Published in the Mar. 4, 2009, issue

A sticker on Stona Fitch ’83’s new novel reads: “100 percent off.” That’s not a typo. He’s giving his novel away, for free.   Last year he started a new type of publishing house, Concord Free Press, which published a limited quantity — 1,500 copies — of its...Read more

Embracing the screen

The Princeton University Press relaunches e-book initiative

Published in the Mar. 4, 2009, issue

Princeton University Press first ventured into e-book publishing in 2001, when it converted 300 of its books into electronic format. But there was little consumer interest in reading books on a screen and no easy, uniform way to do it. So the Press decided to...Read more

Chinese-American art

Published in the Mar. 4, 2009, issue

“Quaker Oats Mao,” a 1987 work by Chinese-American artist Zhang Hongtu, is one of more than 50 works in the exhibit “Outside In: Chinese x American x Contemporary Art,” on view at the Princeton University Art Museum from March 7 through June 7. The exhibit...Read more