Texas A&M University Press

Founded in 1974, Texas A&M University Press is the principal
publishing arm of one of this nation’s leading research
institutions.  The Press's primary mission is to select, produce,
market, and disseminate scholarly publications of outstanding
quality and originality and thereby help the University achieve
its paramount purposes of teaching, research, public service,
and dissemination of the results of scholarly inquiry.  In
conjunction with the long-term development of its editorial
program, the Press draws on and supports the intellectual
activities of the University and reflects the standards and
stature of scholarship that are fostered by this institution.  

The Press falls under the administrative aegis of the Provost
 the chief academic officer of the University, and is an integral
 part of its parent institution.  The Press imprint is controlled by
 an Advisory Committee composed of senior members of the
 University's faculty, who are chosen for their own scholarly
 acumen and publishing experience.  Manuscripts, whether by
 outside authors or by members of the Texas A&M faculty
 (currently around fifteen percent of our total author list), must
 have been reviewed favorably by both the Press's director and
 editorial staff and at least two experts in that field before being
 submitted to the Faculty Advisory Committee for approval.  Of
 the hundreds of manuscripts and proposals that come to the
 Press each year, most do not survive this rigorous selection
 process.

The Press’s editorial interests span a range of significant
fields, including agriculture, anthropology, nautical archaeology,
architecture, borderland studies, economics, military history, 
natural history, presidential studies, veterinary medicine, and 
works on the history and culture of Texas and the surrounding 
region.  Many of these fields of interest reflect outstanding 
departmental and programmatic strengths at Texas A&M 
University.  Overall, the Press seeks to maintain high standards 
in traditional areas of academic inquiry while also exploring 
innovative fields of research and new forms of scholarly 
communication.  

The Press currently publishes around seventy new titles a year
in these fields.  Of the total of around 930 books published by
the Press in its twenty-five-year history, the great majority
remain in print or are available in on-demand and electronic
editions.  Through the A&M Press Consortium, the Press
markets and distributes nearly a thousand additional titles 
published by eight other institutions in this region, including 
TCU Press, SMU Press, the University of North Texas Press, 
Texas Review Press at Sam Houston State University, State 
House/McWhiney Foundation Press at McMurry University, 
Winedale Publishing, the Texas Almanac (Dallas Morning News), 
and the Texas State Historical Association.  Both the Press’s 
own inventory and distributed books from the Consortium 
members, which combine for a grand total of more than 1.1 
million units, are housed in the Press’s excellent facility, 
the John H. Lindsey Building, which also provides office and 
meeting space for the Press’s staff of twenty-four full-time 
employees. 

Throughout its history, the Press’s books have won many
competitive grants and awards.  These include more than 200 
literary awards, such as the Roland H. Bainton Book Prize for 
Art History, the Harry S. Truman Award, the Western Heritage
Award, several Outstanding Academic Books awards from
Choice Magazine, and other coveted prizes from the American
Association for State and Local History, the Texas State
Historical Association, the Wildlife Society, the Texas Institute
of Letters, the Southern Historical Association, and the Texas
Historical Commission, as well as a Finalist for the National
Book Award.  The Press has also received dozens of awards
for design and production, from the Chicago Book Clinic, the
Southern Books Competition, and the annual Book and Jacket
Show of the Association of American University Presses,
among other distinguished competitions.

Throughout its history, the Press has enjoyed an extraordinary
level of support from the entire Texas A&M community, and that
support has been essential to the Press’s remarkable growth.
Illustrious Aggie and Texas leaders in many fields have provided
funds to underwrite named book series in particular subject
areas or support general operations.