Annual Report 2016-2017

Letter from the Director

darrin2 In 2016–2017, the University Press of Colorado produced sixty-one new titles and editions in the fields of anthropology, composition, folklore, history, and natural history, maintaining our higher output of the past couple of years. Seven of these titles won awards this year, including the CCCC Outstanding Book Award (Transnational Writing Program Administration) and the CWPA Special Award for Outstanding Scholarship (Naming What We Know).

In addition, we also published, copublished, or distributed other important publications from member faculty and departments. Faculty publications included Field Guide to the Lichens of White Rocks (Erin A. Tripp, University of Colorado Boulder), Hayden's Landscapes Revisited (Thomas P. Huber, University of Colorado Colorado Springs), The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado (Michael L. Radelet, University of Colorado Boulder), New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales (Christa C. Jones and Claudia Schwabe, Utah State University), and Researching Writing (Joyce Kinkead, Utah State University). We also copublished Heroes, Hero Worship, and Brigham Young (Volume 20, The Leonard J. Arrington Lecture Series, Utah State University) along with the following titles from the WAC Clearinghouse:

Perspectives on Writing series

Critical Transitions

The Forgotten Tribe

Information Literacy

A Minefield of Dreams

Writing and School Reform

Across the Disciplines series

Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Composition

Finally, we distributed Serenity and Severity (Volume 5, Manifest West series) for Western Press Books at Western State Colorado University as well as the following titles from the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University:

&Luckier (Mountain West Poetry Series)

Beautiful Flesh

Escape Velocity (Mountain West Poetry Series)

Exit Theater (winner of the 2016 Colorado Prize for Poetry)

The Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University's The Verging Cities by Natalie Scenters-Zapico also brought home a pair of awards, adding to the two awards it collected last fiscal year.

Fiscal year 2016–2017 was a banner year for contributed revenue at the University Press of Colorado, with a total of over $400,000 raised from a combination of member dues, title subsidies, and individual donations. In addition, internal funding allowed us to establish an endowment fund with The Denver Foundation, which we grew through donations over the course of the fiscal year. Our near-term goal is to raise $250,000 before we start using earnings and interest for operations. With just over $40,000 in the fund to date, we have a little way to go to meet that objective. Nevertheless, establishing this endowment is an important step, with long-term sustainability for our publishing operation in mind.

Finally, in June 2017, I completed my year as president of the Association of American University Presses. As I said last year, serving in this capacity was not only an honor for me personally but a reflection of everything that our staff, trustees, member institutions, faculty, and authors have built together over the past seventeen years here at the University Press of Colorado, with Utah State University Press. I would not have the opportunity to take on this role if it were not for the staunch support and hard work all of you have invested in our program. Thank you for everything you do to ensure our success.

—Darrin Pratt, Director

2016–2017 Board of Trustees

Jared Beeton
Adams State University

Catherine Cameron
University of Colorado Boulder

Bradford Cole
Utah State University

Catherine DiCesare
Colorado State University

James Drake
Metropolitan State University

Joyce Kinkead
Utah State University

Michael Lightner
University of Colorado System

Suzanne MacCaulay
University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Pete McCormick
Fort Lewis College

Jared Orsi
Colorado State University

Michael Palmquist
Colorado State University

Ken Sagendorf
Regis University

Lynn L. Sikkink
Western State Colorado University

Jeannie Thomas
Utah State University

Jay Trask
University of Northern Colorado

Mary Van Buren
Colorado State University

Kariann Akemi Yokota
University of Colorado Denver

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2017 Financial Statements

Statement of Financial Position
Year Ended June 30, 2017
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$34,630
Accounts Receivable (Net)	$284,803
Inventory at Cost	$337,846
Prepaid Expenses	$14,909
Total	$672,188

Other Assets
Denver Foundation Endowment Fund (Net)	$42,645
Other Assets	$28,290
Total	$70,935

Total Assets	$743,123

Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable	$22,474
Accrued Vacation and Sick Pay	$50,269
Royalties and Commissions	$103,277
Unearned Income	$130,588
Line of Credit	-$0-
Total Current Liabilities	$306,608

Net Assets—Unrestricted	$436,515

Total Liabilities and Net Assets	$743,123

Statement of Activities
Year Ended June 30, 2017
Revenues
Net Book Sales	$1,025,098
Other Publishing Income	$29,290
Member Dues	$247,971
Donation, Interest, and Other Income	$126,192
Total Revenues	$1,428,551

Cost of Sales
Cost of Books Sold	$210,018
Title Subsidies	$(43,570)
Inventory Write-Off	$47,622
Royalties and Commissions	$96,171
Total Cost of Sales	$310,241

Gross Margin	$1,118,310

Expenses
Editorial Expense	$378,538
Production Expense	$119,627
Marketing Expense	$146,261
Fulfillment Expense	$169,898
General and Administrative Expense	$273,600
Total Expenses	$1,087,924

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets	$30,386

Our Supporters

Grants and Donations

The University Press of Colorado is a 501(c)3 nonprofit membership organization that relies on the ongoing support of its members, as well as funds from other institutions, granting agencies, and individuals, to fulfill our mandate as a scholarly publisher. We thank the following institutions and individuals for their generous contributions to our publishing program this year.

Ball State University, $1,000 in support of Working Lives of New Writing Center Directors by Nicole I. Caswell, Jackie Grutsch McKinney, and Rebecca Jackson
Bradly J. Boner, $19,000 (via Kickstarter) in support of Yellowstone National Park by Bradly J. Boner
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, $3,000 in support of Hosea Stout by Stephen L. Prince
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, $3,000 in support of "The Touch of Civilization" by Steven Sabol
City of Boulder Open Space, $1,000 in support of Field Guide to the LIchens of White Rocks by Erin A. Tripp
Colorado Native Plant Society, $730 in support of Field Guide to the Lichens of White Rocks by Erin A. Tripp
Knowledge Unlatched, $94,632 in support of nineteen new and backlist titles
Monash University, $1,750 in support of Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World edited by Liam M. Brady and Paul S. C. Taçon
Purdue University, $3,000 in support of How Humans Cooperate by Richard E. Blanton, with Lane F. Fargher
Syracuse University, $1,000 in support of Economies of Writing edited by Bruce Horner, Brice Nordquist, and Susan M. Ryan
Texas State University, $2,000 in support of Working Lives of New Writing Center Directors by Nicole I. Caswell, Jackie Grutsch McKinney, and Rebecca Jackson
University of Colorado Natural History Museum, $2,500 in support of Field Guide to the Lichens of White Rocks by Erin A. Tripp
University of Louisville, $1,000 in support of Economies of Writing edited by Bruce Horner, Brice Nordquist, and Susan M. Ryan
University of Oklahoma, $2,000 in support of The Meaningful Writing Project by Michele Eodice, Anne Ellen Geller, and Neal Lerner
University of Tennessee, $1,590 in support of Decisions, Agency, and Advising by Tanita Saenkhum

Contributions toward the University Press of Colorado Endowment Fund:

Patrons

Bonnie Pitblado

Don S. and Prudence M. Rice

Mike Rosser

Director's Circle 2016–2017 ($500+ annually)

John F. Freeman

Laura Furney

Joyce Kinkead

Darrin Pratt

Friends of the Press 2016–2017 ($100+ annually)

Barbara Mills

Michael Palmquist

Michael Spooner

2016–2017 Donors

Linda Adler-Kassner	Jessica d'Arbonne	Lisa Langstraat	Sharon Panik
Fernando Armstrong-Fumero	Iain Davidson	Jon D Lee	Jason Pierce
Dean E Arnold	Amy E Dayton	Jongsoo Lee	Benjamin W. Porter
Kristin Arola	Catherine DiCesare	Kelly Lenkevich	Dan Pratt
Florine G L Asselbergs	Sue Doe	Marc Levine	J.A. Rice
Anthony F. Aveni	John Douglass	Kerry Lightenburger	Teresa Rice
Joanne Baron	James Drake	Michael Lightner	Payson Sheets
Brian S. Bauer	Robert Eddy	Kelly Ann Long	Phillip A. Snyder
Anis Bawarshi	Michele Eodice	Suzanne Macaulay	Barbara L Stark
Marc Bekoff	Greg Giberson	Aline Magnoni	Charlotte Steinhardt
George Bilgere	Nancy Gonlin	John "Mac" Marston	Mark Stiger
James E Brady	Cynthia L. Herhahn	John McCormick	John A Straayer
Tamara L. Bray	Lane R. Hirabayashi	Randall H McGuire	Jeannie Thomas
Galen Brokaw	Brian Hosmer	Susan Milbrath	Jay Trask
Katherine E. Browne	Mark Hudson	Dan Miller	Mary Van Buren
Catherine Cameron	Scott Hutson	Antoinette Molinié	Benjamin Waddell
Leslie G Cecil	Jonathan Kaplan	Holley Moyes	Ellen E .Wohl
Richard W. Clement	Michael Kidd	Heather Orr	Kariann Yokota
Bradford Cole	Stephen A Kowalewski	Jared Orsi	Liping Zhu
Chip Colwell	Cynthia Kristan-Graham	Charles Paine
Ed Crowther	Peter Kroefges	Gisli Palsson

Contributions toward the General Fund:

2016–2017 Donors

P. Nick Kardulias

Ken Sagendorf

John Sillito

Beth Svinarich

Member Institutions

Ongoing support for the publishing program at the University Press of Colorado is provided by the following sustaining members:

Adams State University
Colorado State University (Fort Collins/Pueblo)
Fort Lewis College
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Regis University
University of Colorado (Boulder/Colorado Springs/Denver)
University of Northern Colorado
Utah State University
Western State Colorado University

In Focus

Open Access Partnership with CSU Open Press

This year University Press of Colorado established a co-publication arrangement with the Colorado State University Open Press to provide printing, sales & marketing, and order fulfillment for print editions of titles published as Open Access digital titles by the WAC Clearinghouse at CSU. During the course of the fiscal year, we released five new print editions in the Perspective on Writing series and one new title in the Across the Disciplines series as part of this arrangement, and five more co-publications are scheduled for 2017–2018. Click here for a complete list of these titles. Over time, the hope of both UPC and the CSU Open Press is that the WAC Clearinghouse model might expand to other disciplines, and this partnership will provide the infrastructure to make such new ventures thrive.

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Hayden's Landscapes Revisited

With generous support from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, UPC launched its first website publication, Hayden's Landscapes Revisited by UCCS professor of geography and environmental studies, Thomas P. Huber, with maps drawn by Evan Menkhus and Scott Callahan. In 1873, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden and a team of geologists struck out across the Colorado Territory to map the area’s natural features. From the craggy profile of Longs Peak to the rolling waters of the Colorado River, Hayden’s US Geological Survey expedition sketched and surveyed dozens of the state’s most striking landscapes. In this web publication, Huber uses modern photographic technology to revisit and bring to life the drawings of the Hayden survey, matching sweeping panoramic photographs with the natural landscape features in the stunning pen-and-ink drawings and maps created by the surveyors a century and a half ago. In the accompanying text, Huber explains the significance of each featured landscape and places it in the context of the larger geology and landform history of the area. Publishing a website that was similar to a book but living in the highly networked environment of the internet was an interesting adventure, and no small challenge for our web design team. In fact, they even wrote a blog post, The Book as Website, about the design challenges they faced.

The Enchanted Gem Carvings of Vasily Konovalenko

UPC also launched a new co-publishing partnership with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science this year with our inagural publication, Stories in Stone by Stephen E. Nash with photographs by Richard M. Wicker. The book provides the history behind perhaps the most unique--and quirky--exhibit a visitor might find at DMNS, a room full of spectacular, colorful miniature statues carved from gemstones. The images in the book provide a close up view of details of the carvings not easily viewed with the naked eye, offering an entirely different, enriching perspective on Konovalenko's work. As the Gemological Institute of America notes, the book "is a fitting tribute to Vasily Konovalenko and to his legacy to the Russian tradition of stone carving."