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other university presses and scholarly publishers in Asia and the Pacific. The press maintains stock in warehouses in Pennsylvania, Honolulu, Canada, and England, and serves as a distributor for over 50 publishers and several individuals, providing sales, marketing, promotion, warehouse, and business services on a commission basis.
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The press is represented in North America and Hawai‘i by independent commission sales representatives; in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East by London-based Eurospan Publishers Group; and in the Pacific and Asia region by its sales subsidiary, East-West Export Books (EWEB). EWEB also represents 55
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Each year the press displays its recently published books and journals at a range of professional meetings and trade shows held throughout the world, reaching a combined total of about 700,000 attendees at those events. The annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies is its most important
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East Asia is an especially important regional focus. During 2000–2005, the press published 184 academic monographs on the region, 82 on China, 81 on Japan, and 21 on Korea. The three principal subject areas were language and literature (with 23 on China, 25 on Japan, and 7 on Korea); religion and
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Press and renamed itself the University Press of Hawaiʻi, thus adding greater coverage of Asia to its previous strength in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. In 1981, the East-West Center withdrew its subsidy, and the name reverted to University of Hawaiʻi Press, but the focus on Asia continued to grow, so
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in-house editor. Manuscripts that show promise are then evaluated by two external readers who are specialists in the subject matter. Those that receive two positive peer reviews are presented to the press's academic editorial board, which makes the final determination about whether to publish.
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During the 2007 fiscal year, the press considered approximately 1,300 manuscripts and proposals, of which 60 were accepted for publication by the editorial board. As of 30 June 2007, 122 books were in press. Each book undergoes rigorous review, including preliminary evaluation by an
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The University of Hawaiʻi Press was founded in 1947, publishing research in all disciplines of the humanities and natural and social sciences in the regions of Asia and the Pacific. In addition to scholarly monographs, the press publishes educational materials and reference works such as
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Journals production struggled along, with some editorial offices assuming more of the burden, until Press subsidies were partially restored in 1998 and the department was restaffed. All 12 journals made their debut in the
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in 1984, all initiated at the University of Hawaiʻi. Flush State budgets in the late 1980s and early 1990s permitted several further initiatives by other campus departments. The literary journal
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philosophy (with 21 on China, 13 on Japan, and 2 on Korea); and history and fine arts (with 20 on China, 20 on Japan, and 7 on Korea) (Chen & Wang 2008:38).
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The press was established in 1947 at the initiative of University of Hawaiʻi president Gregg M. Sinclair. Its first publications included a reprint of
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Kuroda Classics in East Asian Buddhism and Studies in East Asian Buddhism (with the Kuroda Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Human Values)
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UH Press output included journals from the very beginning. Most of the press's inaugural budget appropriation was allocated to the journal
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The Journals Department currently handles production, manufacturing, fulfillment, and delivery for the following scholarly journals.
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Chen, Su, and Chengzi Wang (2008). Who Has Published What in East Asian studies? An Analysis of Publishers and Publishing Trends.
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For the 2007 fiscal year, the top five bestselling books by dollar revenue were the revised and enlarged edition of the
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that at least half its titles now focus on Asia, with the other half devoted to Hawaiʻi (30%) and the Pacific (20%).
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in 1994, just before severe budget cutbacks eliminated all university subsidies to the Journals Department.
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began publishing with UH Press in 2000 (in vol. 62) and made its debut in Project MUSE in 2004. The
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The number of journals gradually expanded over the next few decades, with the acquisition of
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The monograph series published by the press indicate some principal areas of concentration.
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KLEAR Textbooks in Korean Language (with the Korean Language Education and Research Center)
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Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia's Architecture (ed. by Ronald Knapp and
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Pacific Islands Monograph Series (with the UH Center for Pacific Islands Studies)
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textbook series by the Korean Language Education and Research Center (KLEAR);
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Writing Past Colonialism (with the Institute for Colonial Studies, Melbourne)
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database of journals in the humanities and social sciences in 2000–2001, but
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dictionaries, language texts, classroom readers, atlases, and encyclopedias.
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Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory (ed. by Rita Smith Kipp and
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In 1971, the University of Hawaiʻi Press combined operations with the
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academic exhibit each year. Other major scholarly venues include the
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PALI Language Texts (with the UH Social Science Research Institute)
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University of Hawaiʻi Press Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2006–2007.
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made its debut from UH Press (Kamins & Potter 1998:234–240).
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South Sea Books (with the UH Center for Pacific Islands Studies)
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Hawai‘i Studies on Korea (with the UH Center for Korean Studies)
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Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (with the
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Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
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did not bear the UH Press imprint until 1953, two years after
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Dimensions of Asian Spirituality (ed. by Henry Rosemont, Jr.)
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Special Publications (with the UH Department of Linguistics)
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by Sonia P. Juvik, James O. Juvik, and Thomas R. Paradise.
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Topics in Contemporary Buddhism (ed. by George Tanabe, Jr.)
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Intersections (with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center)
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Monographs of the Biographical Research Center (Honolulu)
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Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
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Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture (with the
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began publishing with UH Press in 2007 (in vol. 57).
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collection of natural science journals in 2008. The
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