Support
Your generosity allows us to continue growing and diversifying our publishing program to include more books of broad regional and national interest, first-rate scholarship, and award-winning creative work. As our publications have a global reach, your gift will also help us to increase the University’s national and international reputation. Your support also allows us to publish open-access, peer-reviewed journals, which make research freely available online.
What impact does your support have? It allows us:
- to acquire, promote, and distribute cutting-edge research.
- to publish open-access content so that more information is fully and equally accessible.
- to publish literary works that promote our state and region as a cultural center.
- to provide hands-on experiential learning opportunities to students.
- to support guest speakers and other initiatives that make a Clemson education exceptional.
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If you share our commitment to publishing sterling research; to making research openly available; and to engaging students in meaningful, hands-on professional development, please consider the following opportunities to support our mission.
Alison Mero, our Director, would welcome the opportunity to discuss project-specific initiatives or to tell you more about the Press and its mission to disseminate knowledge and enrich lives. Brian Sisco, Director of Development for Clemson Libraries, would likewise welcome the opportunity to discuss any gift with you.
Buy Clemson University Press Books
Our books include the University’s official history, guide books, cook books, poetry collections, and scholarly books. Browse our books, and buy books for yourself or as gifts. All revenue generated from book sales goes directly toward building our publishing program.
Sponsor a Book
Clemson University Press values service over sales figures. In assessing a book for publication, we prioritize its potential for impact on our region and/or on a scholarly field. Your gift would support the publication of a single book by defraying considerable editorial costs, allowing us to market the book at an affordable retail price. Gifts of $500 or more will be acknowledged in the published book.
Sponsor a Named Series
Clemson University Press publishes book series in in the fields of African American Studies, Irish Studies, Literary Criticism, Musicology, and Rhetoric. Please visit the series page on our website to view the complete list. A significant gift would allow us to build named series in areas already identified as key to our growth: regional history, the natural sciences (including guide books), and sport studies.
Support Open-Access Journals
Open-access publishing removes paywalls between research and readers, making access to information more equitable. However, publishing open-access content eliminates sales revenue traditionally used to cover the considerable costs of professional editors, designers, distribution, and marketing. Your gift would allow us to build our portfolio of open-access journals and ensure the sustainability of those already on our list.
Sponsor an Internship
Clemson University Press is an experiential-learning lab for student interns and graduate assistants, who gain hands-on, professional experience in editing, design, and marketing. Students contribute to actual publications; they gain skills in industry-standard software and procedures; and they receive mentoring for pursuing future careers in publishing and related fields. An annual gift of $5,000 will fund a named internship.
Marketing Fund
We aspire to reach the broadest possible audience for our publications and to acquire the most impactful books possible. Marketing is essential to building our reputation among readers and authors. Clemson University Press exhibits at 8–10 conferences and festivals each year, advertises strategically, and collaborates closely with authors to promote our books on social media, through our website, and at regional events. Your support will assist us in sustaining and growing our audience across the region and the world.
Become a Friend
Clemson University Press is a division of Clemson Libraries. Friends of the Libraries are friends of the Press and receive special discounts on all of our books and event invitations to readings, among the many benefits of membership. To learn more about becoming a Friend of the Library and the benefits of membership, please visit the Libraries’ main website.
Other Options
Share Your Ideas
All support is meaningful. To inquire about other ways to support the Press, please contact us. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss project-specific initiatives or to tell you more about the Press and its mission to disseminate knowledge and enrich lives. We would also would welcome the opportunity to discuss long-term giving, endowments, estate planning, or any other tax-deductible gifts to Clemson University Press.
Attend Events
Attending a book signing, reading, or other event demonstrates your support for the Press, its authors, and its publications. Events are announced on social media and on our News Blog.
Follow Us on Social Media
The Press’s social media accounts are gaining an audience, but they could expand as far as your networks extend. Please follow us on social media and like/share posts that might interest the friends and colleagues who follow you. Twitter: @ClemsonUP; Facebook: @ClemsonUP; Instagram: clemson_up.
