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Women in Print

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About Women in Print

A New Series from the University of Illinois Press

Valerie Hotchkiss, Series Editor

A new peer-reviewed e-book series from the University of Illinois Press, Women in Print explores the impact of the imprint in its original form and offers fresh insights into the reception history of books written by women.

  • Experience the book as it first appeared through digital facsimiles of rare books
  • New and accessible introductions and commentary by distinguished teachers of the text
  • Searchable transcriptions and translations
  • eBook downloads for a wide variety of platforms and online reader with brilliantly high definition images
  • Links to further reading and bibliographies designed for students
  • Embedded media that takes readers on virtual visits to the vault with rare book specialists

Women have long been a part of the history of books and printing as authors, scribes, illustrators, binders, and even printers. Some of this work went on as a matter of course, but frequently, at least until recently, books authored by women appeared with more fanfare, were marketed with conscious reference to gender, and often attracted more attention—both laudatory and critical—than books by male authors. Even when a woman hid behind a pseudonym or had difficulty getting her work published, this, too, reflected a distinction accorded to books written by women. Whether praised as “the eleventh muse” (Hrotsvit of Gandersheim) or criticized as a “hyena in petticoats” (Mary Wollstonecraft), women authors get noticed.

Women in Print focuses on texts used in cultural history, women’s studies, and literature courses, allowing students to experience women's writing in the original and offering helpful commentary and tools to put the women and their books in context.

Download Help

Women in Print e-books can be read by any app that supports the EPUB format or by Kindle devices and Kindle apps supporting the MOBI format. Since the display quality of different e-book readers may vary widely, the layout and behavior may vary when viewed on different devices.

Click on a Device for details:

EPUBReader 

  1. Be sure to have the EPUBReader add-on installed for Firefox.
  2. Click the EPUB format link for the title you wish to download.
  3. EPUBReader downloads and automatically opens the e-pub.

iPad 

  1. Be sure to have the iBooks (or other compatible) EPUB reader app installed on your device.
  2. Click the EPUB format link for the title you wish to download.
  3. When prompted, click “Open in iBooks” or select the preferred EPUB reader.
  4. The e-pub will open automatically when the download is complete. The e-pub is automatically stored in your EPUB reader’s library.

Android 

  1. Be sure to have the Bluefire (or other compatible) EPUB reader app installed on your device.
  2. Click the EPUB format link for the title you wish to download.
  3. When prompted, click “Read Now.”
  4. The download is complete. The e-pub is automatically stored in your Bluefire (or other EPUB reader’s) library.

Kindle Fire 

  1. If you want to read on the Kindle Fire, you can use the device’s web browser to navigate to this page and then download the MOBI file.

Kindle - Wireless Transfer 

  1. Install the Send to Kindle application on your Macintosh or PC (free from Amazon).
  2. On your computer, click the MOBI format link for the tile you wish to download.
  3. Select “Save File.”
  4. Open your computer’s “Downloads” folder and locate the MOBI file you just downloaded.
  5. Right-click the file and choose the “Send to Kindle” option.
  6. Choose your desired delivery options. When you sync your Kindle, the title you downloaded will appear in your library.

Kindle - USB transfer 

  1. On your Macintosh or PC, click the MOBI format link for the title you wish to download.
  2. Select “Save File.”
  3. Connect your Kindle to your computer with a micro USB cable.
  4. Find the Kindle device in your computer (typically, in “Computer” or “My Computer”).
  5. Open the Kindle drive. Locate the “documents” folder in the Kindle device.
  6. Locate the MOBI file you downloaded in your computer’s “Downloads” folder. Drag this file into the “documents” folder in the Kindle drive.
  7. Right-click the Kindle device and select “Eject Kindle” to safely disconnect your Kindle from your computer.
  8. You will now find the title you downloaded in your Kindle’s library.

The following apps and devices are recommended:

All Women in Print titles are available in PDF format. Clicking a PDF link will usually open the document directly in your browser. You may also right-click the link and select an option on the fly-out menu to download the document to your system for viewing in Adobe Acrobat.

The Women in Print Team

Women in Print is a collaborative effort of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the University of Illinois Press, with contributions from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Art + Design, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and the editors of each text, who are dynamic teachers and leading scholars in their fields.

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