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THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE WEST INDIES PRESS
2012 JAMAICA BARBADOS TRINIDAD & TOBAGO OPEN CAMPUS
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J a m a i c a B a r b a d o s T r i n i d a d & T o b a g o Op e n C a m p u s
T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T H E W E S T I N D I E S P R E S S
a n n u a l r e p o r t 2 0 1 2
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The University of the West
Indies Presss mission is to be
the premier scholarly book
publisher in the Caribbean, to
enhance and encourage
research and publication of
Caribbean scholarship, to
promote the global reputation
of the University of the West
Indies by empowering the
scholarly community it serves,
and to disseminate Caribbean
scholarship to the world within
a cost-effective environment.
M I S S I O N
S T A T E M E N T
B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chair
Professor Funso Aiyejina, Vice Chancellors Representative
Dr Carla N. Barnett, Caribbean Development Bank
Archibald Campbell, Director of Finance and University Bursar
Professor Andrew Downes, Cave Hill Representative
Valerie Facey, Private Sector, Jamaica
Luz Longworth, Western Campus Representative
Beverly Pereira, University Counsel
Professor Julie Meeks-Gardner, Open Campus Representative
Dr Kathleen Monteith, Mona Representative
Beverly Smith-Hinkson, Private Sector, BarbadosErrol Simms, St Augustine Representative
UN IV ER SI TY O F T HE W E S T I N D I E S P R E S S S T A F F
Nadine Buckland, Finance Manager
Jean Honeyghan, Publishing Assistant
Jodie McBean, Accounting Officer
Donna Muirhead, Marketing and Sales Manager
Karen Smith, Marketing and Sales Assistant
Linda Speth, General Manager
Herleth Thompson, Accounting Clerk
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UWI PRESS ANNUAL REPORT 2012 3
C O N T E N T S Executive Summary / 4Books and Journals Published / 6
Conferences, Lectures, Exhibits, Sales Calls, Launches, Catalogues,
Reviews, Awards and Honours /20Book Launches, Author Appearances, Interviews, Readings and Signings /23
Print and Electronic Catalogues and Flyers /28
Miscellaneous Print and Electronic Publicity /28
Awards /29
Book Reviews / 30
Financial Results 20112012 / 32
Conclusion / 33
Appendix 1: UWI Press Strategic Plan, 20072012: A Brief Progress Report / 34
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it
was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of
incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the
spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had
nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the
other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its
noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the
superlative degree of comparison only.
Charles Dickens,A Tale of Two Cities
E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
During 20112012, the Press generated net sales of J$31 million, a 73%
increase over the previous period; planned the Twentieth Anniversary and
Author Awards Ceremony; published forty-five peer-reviewed print
books, journals and reprints; published eighty-six e-books in the Kindle
and Kobo stores; sold 200 e-books to one account; had a presence at
twenty international, regional and local conferences, exhibits and
lectures; utilized social media such as Facebook, Scribd, Flickr and
YouTube; redesigned a new web page and electronic catalogue featuring
more than 300 books in print; deployed an electronic survey through the
four university portals to determine student needs and interest in
Caribbean print and electronic books; won five industry awards; kept the
salary bill to the University Centre current; eliminated the outstanding
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contributing to a vibrant indigenous
publishing industry throughout the Caribbean
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cumulative deficit; and concentrated on achieving the goals of the UWI
Press Strategic Plan, 20072012, particularly by acquiring books in
environmental and health studies, by contributing to a vibrant indigenouspublishing industry throughout the Caribbean, by improving our
international visibility and our global print and electronic distribution
networks, and by quickly confronting the twin challenges of the global
recession and declining print sales and taking corrective actions.
The year marked a historical watershed for the University of the West
Indies Press.
For the first time in its twenty-year history,
electronic revenues exceeded print revenues
the cumulative deficit was eliminated, an achievement relatively few
university presses can claim during these challenging times
In the report that follows, we have summarized specific Press activities
that directly support the goals of the UWI Press Strategic Plan, 20072012accepted by the universitys Finance and General Purposes Committee in
January 2008.
Overall, the Press fully or substantively achieved all of its objectives and
goals with the exception of generating targeted sales growth. However,
other income, electronic revenues with high margins and cost controls
resulted in significant bottom-line financial goals being achieved.
As the Press moves forward and continues its commitment to publishing
excellence and its service to its authors and its university, it is clear that
the traditional print revenue sales model is under siege. Aggressive and
innovative approaches must be embedded in the UWI Press Operational
Plan, 20122014. Such a transformative plan will require extensive
consultation of our constituencies, including board members, faculty,
students, staff and administrators.
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B O O K S A N D J O U R N A L S P U B L I S H E D
During 20112012, the Press published twelve new print books, two print
journals and thirty-one print reprints. In addition the Press published
eighty-six e-books in the Kindle and Kobo stores bringing total
publications to 131.
P R I N T B O O K S A N D J O U R N A L S
Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica, Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr and Rafi Ahmad
Observations on the Changes of the Air and the Concomitant Epidemical
Diseases in the Island of Barbados,William Hillary; edited by J. Edward
Hutson and Henry S. Fraser
Scientific Principles of Stress,James L. Mills
Social Psychological Dynamics, edited by Derek Chadee and AlexsandraKosti
Becoming Belize: A History of an Outpost of Empire Searching for Identity,
15281823, Mavis Campbell
Border Crossings: Caribbean Women Writers, edited by Nicole Roberts and
Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw
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Expand and grow publication programme by moving from publishing 35 books
and reprints annually to publishing 45 scholarly books and reprints that contribute
significantly to furthering intellectual discourse and regional development.
UWI Press Strategic Plan, 20072012, Goal 1
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From Tin Pan to TASPO: Steelband in Trinidad, 19391951, Kim Johnson
Proslavery Priest: The Atlantic World of John Lindsay, 17291788,
B.W. Higman
Paks Britannica: Articles and Interviews with David Dabydeen, edited by
Lynne Macedo
Talking Words: New Essays on the Work of David Dabydeen, edited by
Lynne Macedo
Hope Transformed: A Historical Sketch of the Hope Landscape, St Andrew,Jamaica, 16601960, Veront Satchell
Anansis Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance, Emily Zobel
Marshall
Journal of Caribbean History 45, no. 2
Journal of Caribbean History 46, no. 1
The following thirty-one books were reprinted by traditional means,
digitized or produced as short-run digital titles or print-on-demand
(POD) to meet ongoing course demand, to conserve cash and to ensure
sufficient stock for academics, students, wholesalers, libraries and our
distributor in Jamaica, Kingston Bookshop, Ltd:
Maharanis Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean,Verene A. Shepherd
Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 16571834, edited
by Karina Williamson
Organized Crime and Politics in Jamaica: Breaking the Nexus, Anthony
Harriott
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Tourism and Hospitality Education and Training in the Caribbean, edited by
Chandana Jayawardena
The Unappropriated People: Freedmen in the Slave Society of Barbados,
Jerome S. Handler
Lady Nugents Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805:
A New and Revised Edition, edited by Philip Wright
Lionheart Gal: Life Stories of Jamaican Women, Sistren with Honor
Ford Smith
Philosophy in the West Indian Novel, Earl McKenzie
Slaves Who Abolished Slavery: Blacks in Rebellion, Richard Hart
Beyond Borders: Cross-culturalism and the Caribbean Canon, edited by
Jennifer Rahim with Barbara Lalla
In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 175086,
Douglas Hall
New Caribbean Thought: A Reader, edited by Brian Meeks and
Folke Lindahl
Out of Order! Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing,
Kim Robinson-Walcott
Port Royal, Jamaica, Michael Pawson and David Buisseret
The Portuguese Jews of Jamaica, Mordechai Arbell
Walter Rodney: 1968 Revisited, Rupert C. Lewis
Dictionary of Jamaican English, Second Edition, edited by F.G. Cassidy
and R.B. Le Page
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Caribbean Women at the Crossroads: The Paradox of Motherhood among
Women of Barbados, St Lucia and Dominica, Patricia Mohammed and
Althea Perkins
Competitiveness in Small Developing Economies: Insights from the Caribbean,
Alvin Wint
Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures,
Maureen Warner-Lewis
From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon, George Lamming and the Cultural
Performance of Gender, Curdella Forbes
Flight to Freedom: African Runaways and Maroons in the Americas,
Alvin O. Thompson
Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination,
Charles W. Mills
A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Issac Dookhan
Manuscript Sources for the History of the West Indies, K.E. Ingram
Identity and Secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 18891980,
Learie Luke
Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture, edited by
Kathleen E.A. Monteith and Glen Richards
Research: The Journey from Pondering to Publishing, edited by Serwan M.J.
Baban
The Jamaican People 18801902: Race, Class and Social Control,
Patrick Bryan
Tobago in Wartime, 17931815, K.O. Lewis
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Sugar and Slavery: An Economic History of the British West Indies,
16231775, Richard B. Sheridan
KI N D L E B O O K S
Abandoning Dead Metaphors: The Caribbean Phase of Derek Walcotts
Poetry, Patricia Ismond
Beyond Borders: Cross-culturalism and the Caribbean Canon, edited by
Jennifer Rahim with Barbara Lalla
Caribbean Wars Untold: A Salute to the British West Indies, Humphrey
Metzgen and John Graham
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
Demeaned but Empowered: The Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica,
Obika Gray
Ethical Practice in Everyday Health Care, E.R. Walrond
Exploring the Palace of the Peacock: Essays on Wilson Harris, Joyce Sparer
Adler; edited by Irving Adler
Flight to Freedom: African Runaways and Maroons in the Americas,
Alvin O. Thompson
From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon, George Lamming and the CulturalPerformance of Gender, Curdella Forbes
Identity and Secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 18891980,
Learie Luke
In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 175086,
Douglas Hall
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Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica,
Donna P. Hope
Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing, Arvilla Payne-Jackson and
Mervyn C. Alleyne
Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity in Five
Caribbean Communities, Barry Chevannes
Out of Order! Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing,
Kim Robinson-Walcott
Paks Britannica:Articles by and Interviews with David Dabydeen, edited by
Lynne Macedo
Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination,
Charles W. Mills
Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society, edited by
Brian Moore, B.W. Higman, Carl C. Campbell and Patrick Bryan
Talking Words: New Essays on the Work of David Dabydeen, edited by
Lynne Macedo
The Devil in the Details: Cuban Antislavery Narrative in the Postmodern Age,
Claudette M. Williams
The Fiction of Robert Antoni: Writing in the Estuary, Richard F. Patteson
When Me Was a Boy, Charles Hyatt
Women in Grenadian History, 17831983, Nicole Laurine Phillip
The Man Who Ran Away and other Stories of Trinidad in the 1920s and
1930s, Alfred H. Mendes, edited by Michle Levy
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Cultural DNA: Gender at the Root of Everyday Life in Rural Jamaica, Diana
J. Fox
The Economics of Development in Small Countries: With Special Reference to
the Caribbean,William G. Demas; co-published with the Caribbean
Development Bank
New Register of Caribbean English Usage, edited by Richard Allsopp;
co-published with the Centre for Caribbean Lexicography, University of
the West Indies
The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean
and the World, Mervyn C. Alleyne
Nationalism and Identity: Culture and the Imagination in a Caribbean
Diaspora, Stefano Harney
The African-Caribbean Worldview and the Making of Caribbean Society,
Horace Levy
Bindi: The Multifaceted Lives of Indo-Caribbean Women, edited by Rosanne
Kanhai
Maharanis Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean,
Verene A. Shepherd
Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica,
Frederic G. Cassidy
Culture @ the Cutting Edge: Tracking Caribbean Popular Music,
Curwen Best
Jamaican Place Names, B.W. Higman and B.J. Hudson
Diasporic (Dis)locations: Indo-Caribbean Women Writers Negotiate the
Kala Pani, Brinda J. Mehta
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Male Underachievement in High School Education in Jamaica, Barbados and
St Vincent and the Grenadines, Odette Parry; co-published with the Centre
for Gender and Development Studies, Mona, Jamaica
Caribbean Revolutions and Revolutionary Theory: An Assessment of Cuba,
Nicaragua and Grenada, Brian Meeks
Narratives of Resistance: Jamaica, Trinidad, the Caribbean, Brian Meeks
Between Self-Determination and Dependency: Jamaicas Foreign Relations,
19721989, Holger W. Henke
Organized Crime and Politics in Jamaica: Breaking the Nexus,
Anthony Harriott
Caribbean Migration, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
Returning to the Source: The Final Stage of the Caribbean Migration Circuit,
edited by Frances Henry and Dwaine E. Plaza
KO B O B O O K S
Abandoning Dead Metaphors: The Caribbean Phase of Derek Walcotts
Poetry, Patricia Ismond
Beyond Borders: Cross-culturalism and the Caribbean Canon, edited by
Jennifer Rahim with Barbara Lalla
Caribbean Wars Untold: A Salute to the British West Indies, Humphrey
Metzgen and John Graham
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
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Demeaned but Empowered: The Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica,
Obika Gray
Ethical Practice in Everyday Health Care, E.R. Walrond
Exploring the Palace of the Peacock: Essays on Wilson Harris, Joyce Sparer
Adler; edited by Irving Adler
Flight to Freedom: African Runaways and Maroons in the Americas,
Alvin O. Thompson
From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon, George Lamming and the Cultural
Performance of Gender, Curdella Forbes
Identity and Secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 18891980,
Learie Luke
In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 175086, Douglas Hall
Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica,
Donna P. Hope
Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing, Arvilla Payne-Jackson and
Mervyn C. Alleyne
Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity in Five
Caribbean Communities, Barry Chevannes
Out of Order! Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing,
Kim Robinson-Walcott
Paks Britannica:Articles by and Interviews with David Dabydeen, edited by
Lynne Macedo
Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination,
Charles W. Mills
Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society, edited by
Brian Moore, B.W. Higman, Carl C. Campbell and Patrick Bryan
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Talking Words: New Essays on the Work of David Dabydeen, edited by
Lynne Macedo
The Devil in the Details: Cuban Antislavery Narrative in the Postmodern Age,Claudette M. Williams
The Fiction of Robert Antoni: Writing in the Estuary, Richard F. Patteson
When Me Was a Boy, Charles Hyatt
Women in Grenadian History, 17831983, Nicole Laurine Phillip
The Man Who Ran Away and other Stories of Trinidad in the 1920s and
1930s, Alfred H. Mendes; edited by Michle Levy
Cultural DNA: Gender at the Root of Everyday Life in Rural Jamaica,
Diana J. Fox
The Economics of Development in Small Countries: With Special Reference to
the Caribbean,William G. Demas; co-published with the Caribbean
Development Bank
New Register of Caribbean English Usage, edited by Richard Allsopp; co-
published with the Centre for Lexicography, University of the West Indies
The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean
and the World, Mervyn C. Alleyne
Nationalism and Identity: Culture and the Imagination in a Caribbean
Diaspora, Stefano Harney
The African-Caribbean Worldview and the Making of Caribbean Society,
Horace Levy
Bindi: The Multifaceted Lives of Indo-Caribbean Women, edited by Rosanne
Kanhai
Maharanis Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean,
Verene A. Shepherd
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Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica,
Frederic G. Cassidy
Culture @ the Cutting Edge: Tracking Caribbean Popular Music,Curwen Best
Jamaican Place Names, B.W. Higman and B.J. Hudson
Diasporic (Dis)locations: Indo-Caribbean Women Writers Negotiate the
Kala Pani, Brinda J. Mehta
Male Underachievement in High School Education in Jamaica, Barbados and
St Vincent and the Grenadines, Odette Parry; co-published with the Centre
for Gender and Development Studies, Mona, Jamaica
Caribbean Revolutions and Revolutionary Theory: An Assessment of Cuba,
Nicaragua and Grenada, Brian Meeks
Narratives of Resistance: Jamaica, Trinidad, the Caribbean, Brian Meeks
Between Self-Determination and Dependency: Jamaicas Foreign Relations,19721989, Holger W. Henke
Organized Crime and Politics in Jamaica: Breaking the Nexus, Anthony
Harriott
Caribbean Migration, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
Returning to the Source: The Final Stage of the Caribbean Migration Circuit,
edited by Frances Henry and Dwaine E. Plaza
In addition, the following twenty-five titles are in development, revision
or in press:
Golokwati: A tidalectics history of our Thymes, vol. 1, Kamau Brathwaite
Golokwati: A tidalectics history of our Thymes, vol. 2, Kamau Brathwaite
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Britains Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide,
Hilary McD. Beckles
Abolition and Plantation Management in Jamaica, 18071838, Dave St
Aubyn Gosse
Facing the Challenge of Emancipation, Sehon S. Goodridge, edited by
Anthony Phillips, with a foreword by Hilary McD. Beckles; co- published
with the Barbados Museum and Historical Society
A Changing Mosaic: The Cave Hill Space through Time, Woodville Marshall
Enacting Power: The Criminalization of Obeah in the Anglophone Caribbean,
17602011,Jerome S. Handler and Kenneth M. Bilby
Observations on the Changes of the Air and Concomitant Epidemical Diseases
in the Island of Barbadoes, William Hillary; edited by J. Edward Hutson
and Henry S. Fraser, paper
Public Health in Jamaica, 18501940: A Narrative of Neglect, Philanthropyand Development, Margaret Jones
Legal and Policy Perspectives on HIV and Rights in the Caribbean:
Papers from the UWI Symposium and Human Rights in the Caribbean,
1314 September 2010, edited by Sir George Alleyne and Rose-Marie
Antonine
HIV and AIDS: Knowledge and Stigma in Guyana, Prem Misir
Gender Variances and Sexual Differences, edited by Marjan de Bruin-
Maxwell and R. Anthony Lewis; co-published with the University of the
West Indies HIV and AIDS Response Programme
Caribbean Heritage: A Source Book, edited by Basil A. Reid; co-published
with the Reed Foundation, Inc.
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Exodus, Giulia Bonacci, with a translation by Antoinette Tidjani Alou
Global Reggae, edited by Carolyn Cooper; co-published with the Prince
Claus Fund
Archipelagos of Sound: Transnational Caribbeanities, Women and Music,
edited by Ifeona Harrison Fulani
Rihanna: Bad Girl, Done Best, Barbados Artist World, edited by Heather
Russell and Hilary McD. Beckles
Love and Power: Caribbean Discourses on Gender, edited by V. Eudine
Barriteau; co-published with the Institute for Gender and DevelopmentStudies: Nita Barrow Unit, University of the West Indies
The Child and the Caribbean Imagination, edited by Giselle Anella Rampaul
and Geraldine Elizabeth Skeete
Language, Culture and Caribbean Identity, edited by Jeannette Allsopp and
John R. Rickford; co-published with the University of the West Indies
Centre for Lexicography, University of the West IndiesEric Walrond: The Critical Heritage, edited by Louis J. Parascandola
and Carl A. Wade
Selected Writings of Alfred H. Mendes, Alfred H. Mendes; edited by
Michle Levy
The Underachieving Society: Development Strategy and Policy in Trinidad
and Tobago, 19582008, Terrence W. Farrell
Research Methods in Caribbean Literary Discourse Culture, edited by
Barbara Lalla, Nicole Roberts, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw and
Valerie Youssef
Caribbean Tourism,Jean Holder, with a foreword by Sir Courtney
Blackman
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During 20112012, UWI Press management spent considerable time in
supporting, sustaining and promoting the nascent book-publishing
industry in the Caribbean. Press management served on the following
boards:
Book Industry Association of Jamaica
Caribbean Quarterly
Caribbean Journal of Gender Studies
Caribbean Working Party
Caribbean Literature Action Group
Caribbean Publishers Network
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Assume a more active role regionally and internationallyin the publishing industry.
UWI Press Strategic Plan, 20072012, Goal 2
CQCARIBBEAN
Quarterlya journal of Caribbean culture
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C O N F E R E N C E S , L E C T U R E S , E X H I B I T S , S A L E S
C A L L S , L A U N C H E S , C A T A L O G U E S , R E V I E W S ,
A W A R D S A N D H O N O U R S
The Press had a presence at twenty conferences, lectures and exhibits in
seven countries, and undertook sales calls to Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad
and Tobago, Antigua, and Guadeloupe. The two-member Marketing and
Sales Department is to be commended for the range and depth of their
activities within budget.
XLI Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean University,
Research & Institutional Libraries (ACURIL)
USA
Annual Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
Jamaica
BIAJ Annual Booksellers Trade Show 2011
Jamaica
Orientation for Undergraduate Students
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Teaching Skills Workshop for UWI Western Jamaica Campus
Jamaica
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Highlight UWIs research internationally, regionally and nationally.
UWI Press Strategic Plan, 20072012, Goal 3
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UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Workshop
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Mona Academic Conference
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Eurospan Group Stand
Germany
London Book Fair
The Eurospan Group Stand
United Kingdom
Research Day
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
23rd Annual Conference of the Haitian
Studies Association
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
SALISES 50/50 Law and Justice in the Commonwealth
Caribbean Conference
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
BIAJ Kingston Book Festival
Emancipation Park
Jamaica
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BIM Lit Fest
Barbados
BOCAS Literary Festival
Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean Studies Association
Guadeloupe
Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics
University of the West Indies
Barbados
Caribbean Reasonings Conference
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
National Cathedral Flower Mart
USA
American Library Association
USA
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B O O K L A U N C H E S , A U T H O R A P P E A R A N C E S ,
I N T E R V I E W S , R E A D I N G S A N D S I G N I N G S
The Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth Century
Wycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
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Vivian Crawford and Hazel
Bennett at the launch of
Jamaican Theatre
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The Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth
Century
Wycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett
Little Theatre
Jamaica
The Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth
Century
Wycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett
UWI Lecture
Jamaica
The Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth
Century
Wycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett
TVJ Interview
Jamaica
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican SprintersEdited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
TVJ Interview
Jamaica
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters
Edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
BBC Interview
Jamaica
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters
Edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
NPR Interview
Jamaica
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Competiveness in Small Developing Economics: Insights from the Caribbean
Alvin Wint
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian
Maureen Warner-Lewis
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian
Maureen Warner-Lewis
YouTube
Jamaica
Philosophy in the West Indian Novel
Earl McKenzie
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
Envisioning Caribbean Futures: Jamaican Perspectives
Brian Meeks
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica
Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr and Rafi AhmadUWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
Maharanis Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean
Verene A. Shepherd
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
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Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica
Donna P. Hope
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica
Donna P. Hope
YouTube
Jamaica
Out of Order! Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing
Kim Robinson-Walcott
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
Demeaned but Empowered: The Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica
Obika Gray
UWI Bookshop, Authors Day
Jamaica
Cascade: A Novel
Barbara Lalla
YouTube
Trinidad and Tobago
Cascade: A Novel
Barbara Lalla
UWI Campus Literatures Week
Trinidad and Tobago
The African-Caribbean Worldview and the Making of a Caribbean Society
Edited by Horace Levy
YouTube
Jamaica
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Caribbean Culture: Soundings on Kamau Brathwaite
Edited by Annie Paul
YouTube
Jamaica
A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 16551844
Lucille Mathurin Mair; edited by Hilary McD. Beckles and
Verene A. Shepherd
YouTube
Jamaica
Inside Jamaican Schools
Hyacinth Evans
YouTube
Jamaica
Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Freedom
Edited by Kathleen Monteith and Glen Richards
YouTubeJamaica
Mona, Past and Present: The History and Heritage of the Mona Campus,
University of the West Indies
Suzanne Francis-Brown
YouTube
Jamaica
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The National Dance Theatre
Company at the launch of
Jamaican Theatre
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P R I N T A N D E L E C T R O N I C C A T A L O G U E S
A N D F L Y E R S
UWI Press New and Forthcoming 20112012 on-line catalogue
UWI Press New and Forthcoming 20112012 print catalogue
Eurospan New Titles Catalogue 20112012 on-line catalogue
Eurospan New Titles Catalogue 20112012 print catalogue
M I S C E L L A N E O U S P R I N T A N D E L E C T R O N I C
P U B L I C I T Y
Numerous postings/uploads on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Scribd and
YouTube
The launch of the new UWI Press website on the Cave Hill, Mona,
Open Campus and St Augustine webpages
The launch of the new UWI Press website on http://spicewriter.wordpress.com
The launch of UWI Press books on Kindle on the Cave Hill, Mona,
Open Campus and St Augustine webpages
The launch of UWI Press books on Kindle, Sunday Gleaner, 25 March
2012
The launch of the Black History Month Initiative on the Cave Hill,
Mona, Open Campus and St Augustine webpages
The Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth
CenturyWycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett, UWI Connect, September
November 2011.
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The Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth
Century,Wycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett, Observer, 17 October 2011
Paks Britannica: Articles and Interviews with David Dabydeen, edited byLynne Macedo
Talking Words: New Essays on the Work of David Dabydeen, edited by
Lynne Macedo
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma
Charlton, London Review of Books, May 2012
Paks Britannica: Articles and Interviews with David Dabydeen, edited byLynne Macedo
Talking Words: New Essays on the Work of David Dabydeen, edited by
Lynne Macedo
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma
Charlton, London Review of Books, August 2012
UWI Press Receives International Recognition, UWI Connect,MarchMay 2012
A W A R D S
Matthew J. Smith, Haiti: An Analysis of Herbert G. DeLissers Land of
Revolution , Journal of Caribbean History 44, no. 2 (2010): 183200. Best
Publication, Faculty of Humanities and Education, UWI, Mona, January2012
B.W. Higman, Proslavery Priest: The Atlantic World of John Lindsay,
17291788, ForeWord 2011 Finalist
B.W. Higman, Proslavery Priest: The Atlantic World of John Lindsay,
17291788, ForeWord 2011 Gold Medal Winner
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Wycliffe and Hazel Bennett,Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing
Arts in the Twentieth Century, ForeWord 2011 Finalist
Wycliffe and Hazel Bennett,Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the PerformingArts in the Twentieth Century, ForeWord 2011 Silver Medal Winner
Over the last five years, UWI Press authors and publications have received
twenty-nine awards, and we have seen the number and diversity of the
awards increase significantly. (In its first fifteen years, the Press received a
total of thirteen awards.)
B O O K R E V I E W S
Scholarly reviews in academic journals continue to be an important
means of disseminating scholarly information and generating sales to
academics and libraries. The Press has seen an increase in its tracked
reviews and has many scheduled for release in 2012 and 2013. It will
continue to concentrate on emphasizing international review coverage.
With refinements in web-based searching, we have also been able to
discover Press books reviewed in international journals that had not been
previously reported.
Envisioning Caribbean Futures: Jamaican Perspectives, Brian Meeks, New
West Indian Guide 84, nos. 3 & 4 (2010)
Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian, Maureen Warner-Lewis,
New West Indian Guide 84, nos. 3 & 4 (2010)
Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and
Society at Risk, edited by Duncan McGregor, David Dodman and David
Barker, New West Indian Guide 85, nos. 3 & 4 (2011)
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The Press has seen anincrease in its tracked
reviews and has many
scheduled for release in
2012 and 2013. It will
continue to concentrate on
emphasizing international
review coverage.
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Caribbean Culture: Soundings on Kamau Brathwaite, edited by Annie Paul,
New West Indian Guide 86, nos. 1 & 2 (2012)
Cultural DNA: Gender at the Root of Everyday Life in Rural Jamaica,
Diana J. Fox, New West Indian Guide 86, nos. 1 & 2 (2012)
Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010,
edited by Martin Munro, New West Indian Guide 86, nos. 3 & 4 (2012)
Women in Grenadian History, 17831983, Nicole L. Phillip, New West
Indian Guide 86, nos. 3 & 4 (2012)
Export/Import Trends and Economic Development in Trinidad, 19191939,
Doddridge H.N. Alleyne, New West Indian Guide 86, nos. 3 & 4 (2012)
British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests
and Subversions, 18301962, Kelvin Singh, New West Indian Guide 86,
nos. 3 & 4 (2012)
They Do As They Please: The Jamaican Struggle for Cultural Freedom afterMorant Bay, Brian L. Moore and Michele A. Johnson, New West Indian
Guide 87, nos. 1 & 2 (2013)
West Indian Business History: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, B.W.
Higman and Kathleen E.A. Montieth, New West Indian Guide 87,
nos. 1 & 2 (2013)
Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual
Baptists, Ezra E. H. Griffith, New West Indian Guide 87, nos. 1 & 2 (2013)
Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination,
Charles W. Mills, New West Indian Guide 87, nos. 1 & 2 (2013)
The Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth
Century, Wycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett, New West Indian Guide 87,
nos. 3 & 4 (2013)
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F I N A N C I A L R E S U L T S 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2
In addition to diversifying our list development by publishing more books
in environmental and health studies, publishing several award-winning
books, and maximizing publicity and outreach efforts this year, the Press
posted significant financial improvements, particularly in strengthening
its balance sheet during difficult economic times.
Net sales reached J$31 million, an increase of 73% over the previous
period, with our sister presses posting a 10% increase. Selling, general
and administrative expenses declined both as a dollar amount and as a
percentage. The sales increase and efforts to control costs resulted in a
surplus of J$12 million, which eliminated the Presss twenty-year
cumulative deficit. This achievement is noteworthy because presses in
our sales group have posted ongoing deficits for at least the last four years
while UWI Press has posted surpluses for the last four years.
The strategy of developing both print and electronic revenue streams this
year proved very successful. Although the trend of declining print sales
continued, innovative electronic publishing strategies developed by the
Marketing and Sales Department throughout the Caribbean saw electronic
revenues grow from J$6,000 to J$20 million. In addition, the develop-
ment, monitoring and timely submission of detailed financial schedules
allowed management to control costs and complete the audit processby 7 September 2012, the earliest in history. Working together, the
Marketing and Sales Department and Finance Department harmonized
the entire budgeting process, which allowed us to complete a successful
year as the publishing industry worldwide was rocked by bankruptcies,
closures, mergers and growing financial challenges.
The sales increase and
efforts to control costs
resulted in a surplus of
J$12 million, which
eliminated the Presss
twenty-year cumulative
deficit. This achievement
is noteworthy because
presses in our sales
group have posted
ongoing deficits for at
least the last four years
while UWI Press has
posted surpluses for the
last four years.
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C O N C L U S I O N
The year marked a watershed for the University of the West Indies Press.
It was a time of great change and many achievements:
electronic revenues exceeded print revenues
net surplus reached J$12 million
the cumulative deficit was eliminated
it completed its second successful strategic plan, UWI Press Strategic
Plan, 20072012
it embarked on a transformation process from print to digital
publishing
The future success and growth of the University of the West Indies Press
will be tied to its perceived and actual value to its university, its faculties
and authors and its varied constituencies. The transformation process,
only begun, must be inspired, driven and accelerated by its stakeholders.
Only those university publishers who embrace such a transformative,
collaborative and digital model relevant to the needs of their universities
will survive and thrive in the twenty-first century.
The future success and
growth of the University
of the West Indies Presswill be tied to its perceived
and actual value to its
university, its faculties and
authors and its varied
constituencies.
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A P P E N D I X I
UWI Press Strategic Plan, 20072012: A Brief Progress Report
P R E S S G O A L S , O B J E C T I V E S A N D S T R A T E G I E S
1. Publish 45 books, journals, and reprints annually
Fully achieved
2. Highlight the Universitys research
Fully achieved
Held University of the West Indies Press Fifteenth Anniversary
and Author Awards Ceremony, Barbados, 2008
Held University of the West Indies Press Eighteenth Anniversaryand Author Awards Ceremony, Trinidad and Tobago, 2010
Planned University of the West Indies Press Twentieth
Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, Jamaica, 2013
Won 29 awards
Attended 122 conferences and exhibits and 34 launches
Generated 124 reviews, 30 ads, and more than 18,000 cooperative
mailings to US faculty members
Distributed more than 200,000 print and electronic catalogues,
news releases and fliers throughout the Caribbean, Canada, the
United States, the United Kingdom and Europe
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Revised, revamped and relaunched the UWI Press web page
Utilized social and publishing media on Facebook, Scribd,
YouTube and LinkedIn
3. Actively participate in e-publishing and e-commerce
Fully achieved
Launched 43 books in Kindle Store, or 14% of list
Launched 43 books in Kobo Store, or 14% of list
Launched e-book initiative of selling 200 e-books to 6 regional
accounts. To date, revenue from one account has been
J$19 million, with a gross margin of 86%
Revised, revamped and relaunched new web page
Utilized social and publishing media on Facebook, Scribd,
YouTube and LinkedIn
4. Outsource order fulfilment and warehousing
Fully achieved
5. Assume active role in publishing industry
Fully achieved
Served on the Book Industry Association of Jamaica Board
Chaired Eleventh Biennial BIAJ National Publishing and Writing
Award Competition
Served on the Caribbean Literature Action Group
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Served on the Caribbean Publishers Working Party
Served on the Caribbean Publishers Network Council
Served on the Caribbean Quarterly board
Served on the Caribbean Journal of Gender Studies board
Held workshops for faculty, staff and students on how to enhance
publication rates and/or improve writing and research skills
Published and distributed books on publishing scholarly research
in the Caribbean
Served as resource person for questions about e-publishing,
copyright and grant applications
6. Pay off liability to University Centre and eliminate cumulative deficit
Fully achieved
7. Ensure Press goals are aligned with the universitys
Fully achieved
8. Expand publishing in environmental and health studies
Substantively achieved
Environmental studies: 10 products planned and/or published as
print, free or e-books targeted for policymakers, students and faculty.
Health studies/medical studies: 20 products planned and/or published
as print, dual editions or e-books targeted for policymakers, students
and faculty.
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9. Grow sales, increase grant activity, and generate other income
Partially achieved
Although print revenue declined or remained flat during this period,
increased grant activity, other income and income from electronic
products at a much lower cost helped offset the decline and
contributed to a positive bottom line for four of the five years.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L B E N C H M A R K S
For the five-year period, UWI Press generated a cumulative
surplus while our sister presses generated a cumulative deficit.
UWI Press inventory levels at 22% of net sales are significantly
lower than our peers at 52%, which means dollars invested in
inventory translate into sales faster than our peers.
UWI Press print sales peaked in 2008, as did sales for all book
publishers worldwide.
UWI Press electronic revenues surpassed our print sales in 2012
while our sister presses still generated the largest part of their
revenue from print sales.
UWI Press total revenues and productivity levels have improved
significantly over the years but are lower than our sister presses.
Despite substantial achievements over its first two decades, it is clear that
the UWI Press print revenue sales model must be modified for the
twenty-first century. The data is overwhelming as print publishers
worldwide struggle with declining revenues, escalating costs, eroding
margins, and systemic deficits. All book publishers, including UWI Press,
must shift to an electronic sustainable model.
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U W I P R E S S T R A N S F O R M A T I O N
1. Develop alternative revenue streams and present to the board
Completed
2. Review 400 contracts for verification that Press holds electronic rights
to content
Completed
3. Develop a student survey and appropriate methodology to inform a
communications strategy
Completed
4. Have survey approved/discussed with university registrar, commun-
ications officers of the four campuses and guilds of students to ensure
institutional and student buy-in and to begin building a community-
based approach to transformation
Completed
5. Launch survey through UWIs new student portals to determine
student interest in Caribbean books in print or electronic formats.
Completed
6. Recommend to the vice chancellor that a task force of constituents
and board members be assembled with the remit of defining what theuniversity needs from its Press and how it is to be funded.
Pending and action required
7. Launch survey through UWIs portals to determine faculty interest in
Caribbean books in print or electronic formats.
Pending and action required
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C O N C L U S I O N
The transformation from a print to a digital model will be embedded in
the University of the West Indies Press Operational Plan, 20122014. At thispoint, it appears that the document will be more student- and faculty-
focused than previous plans and will include all the campuses and
particularly the Open Campus more in the consultation process.
It is recommended that the task force should be assembled as soon as
possible.
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