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About Saint Mary's Press College Publishing Division
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Today's best choice for quality college textbooks.
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Here's exciting news about an innovative new publisher on the
college textbook publishing scene--Saint Mary's Press!
Long respected for publishing high school religion texts and
resources of exceptional quality--plus hands-on books, guides,
and resources in the areas of parish religious education and
youth ministry, the Bible and its supplements, family faith-life,
and teen spirituality--Saint Mary's Press has launched a new
college publishing division. |
Announcing!
Saint Mary's Press College Publishing Division
A commitment to publishing effective, relevant, enlightening college texts.
Entering the field of college publishing is more than just a natural extension of Saint Mary's Press's mission as a leading Catholic educational publisher. It's a statement of the
company's sincere commitment to developing practical, engaging textbooks in the Catholic tradition that truly prepare students for life. With an active list of over 400 titles and over 62 years of experience in publishing quality religious-education books, Saint Mary's Press has the experience, know-how, and commitment to bring excellence in publishing to college instructors and students alike.
A commitment to listening to and partnering with today's instructors and students.
Saint Mary's Press college publishing division is dedicated to creating publications with and for religious-studies and theology instructors and students. The focus is on enlightening the minds of students by providing effective introductory-level
textbooks that instructors and students can relate to, while fostering the growth of students' religious literacy. By listening carefully to instructors' teaching needs and taking students' learning needs to heart, Saint Mary's Press is well prepared to become today's most in tune, contemporary religious-studies and theology publisher . . . the company that best knows college students and what they need to excel in learning.
A commitment to staying close to our intended audiences.
Whether working with theology and religious-studies instructors, college and university students, or college and university bookstore personnel, the people at Saint Mary's Press college publishing division work hard to embrace a multi-tiered, customer-centric approach to product development and marketing communication strategies. The goal is to stay continually in a listening and learning mode, asking, "What's in it for the instructor and the student?" then striving hard to meet that need. It's a continuous creative collaboration between instructors, students, and the staff at Saint Mary's Press that produces meaningful, enlightening textbooks and supplements that enliven and enhance the teaching and learning experience.
Here's what makes Saint Mary's Press college publishing division stand out above other Catholic publishers.
Saint Mary's Press is dedicated to partnering with instructors and their students through customer advisory boards, workshops, and intentional interactivity to ensure that instructors' and students' needs are recognized, understood, and met.
The people at Saint Mary's Press are experts in religious literacy and in making religion come alive for students. Founded on the Lasallian belief that instructors are "ambassadors of Christ" and "ministers of grace," the press brings to its new college division 62 years of Catholic educational experience and a long-term record of trust.
With its commitment to publishing college textbooks that are instructor-created and student-endorsed, Saint Mary's Press is providing colleges with exactly what instructors and students are looking for—because it's driven by the students themselves!
Saint Mary's Press college publishing division texts have the winning combination of providing exceptional, relevant textbooks that enlighten minds with the Good News of Jesus Christ, while focusing on improving critical thinking and always being aware of divergent views.
Saint Mary's Press
Bringing award-winning graphic arts and printing talents to its new college-division publications.
Since 1973 Saint Mary's Press has been recognized by the Printing Industry of America for excellence in printing and graphic arts. The press has received 18 national graphic arts awards, and is a two-time recipient of the premier Printing Industry of America's Benny
Award for the best of category in high school textbooks. The press was also the recipient of the Small Press Book Award in 1997 for excellence in independent publishing and a three-time recipient of the Catholic Press Association's honored Book Award. Saint Mary's Press college publishing division will be taking advantage of these established and experienced in-house talents, as well as drawing on leading book production houses to develop and produce its high-quality publications.
Saint Mary's Press
Using multi-tiered, proven methods for selling and distributing the new college division publications.
Direct mail catalogs and brochures are at the core of Saint Mary's Press college publishing division's marketing strategy. Through continual, vigorous mailings, each and
every instructor with a possible interest in a particular title will be notified and offered an opportunity to receive a free review copy, not just an examination copy, to evaluate the text for potential adoption.
In addition, Saint Mary's Press will exhibit at the major college theology and Scripture conferences, including College Theology Society, Catholic Theological Society of America, Catholic Biblical Society of America, and the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature; and space ads will appear in journals read by Catholic college instructors.
Instructors need only go to the interactive Web site--college.smp.org--to read an electronic brochure describing the features of a title and the table of contents.
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