How do I purchase JPS books?
All JPS books are sold through Longleaf Services. Orders can be placed by phone at 1-800-848-6224 or online through any book page on this site. You will be redirected to JPS’s publishing partner, the University of Nebraska Press. Many JPS books are also available from ebook vendors. Longleaf Services can provide you with any information about our books, terms of sale, discounts, special offers/sales, and answer any other questions you may have. Trade accounts may purchase through this UNP link with information for booksellers or through national and regional book distributors.
How do I make a donation to support JPS’s good works?
JPS welcomes contributions from individuals and foundations and offers dedicatory opportunities, attaching your name to great books that will educate a new generation. Find more information on general giving and title sponsorship.
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Has the mission of JPS changed?
Since its founding in 1888, JPS’s mission has been to enhance Jewish literacy through the publication of books of enduring worth. As the oldest Jewish publisher in the country, our mission continues. JPS books remain indispensable “go-to” references for rabbis, teachers, and readers of Jewish Bible, history, culture and thought. Our works, often regarded as the “gold standard” of Jewish publishing, present the highest level of academic scholarship, yet are written in an accessible manner. Indeed, “accessible scholarship” remains our calling card.
How will the mission be expressed in the future?
The JPS Tanakh remains the most widely read English translation of the Hebrew (Jewish) Bible in the world and is available in a variety of editions. Our award-winning JPS Bible Commentary series continues into its fourth decade. Significant projects in Bible studies, history, philosophy, and folklore are ongoing. JPS continues to actively seek to acquire and develop dynamic new book manuscripts in these areas by scholars, rabbis, and other leaders in the learning community. Read our mission and vision statement.
How has the business model of JPS recently changed?
In 2012, culminating a yearlong search, JPS entered into a publishing partnership with the University of Nebraska Press. UNP now assumes the business side of JPS operations: printing, warehousing, fulfillment, licensing, sales and marketing all our books so that we can focus on what we do best: the development and sponsorship of new manuscripts. JPS is today what is called a “content only” entity.
As a media professional, how can I request review copies of JPS books?
Submit review copy requests to our partners at the University of Nebraska Press, Publicity Department via email at mpress@unl.edu, on official letterhead via fax at 402-472-6214, or US mail to the address below. Please send a tearsheet, link, or PDF of the review upon publication.
University of Nebraska Press
Publicity Department
1225 L Street, Suite 200
Lincoln, NE 68588-0630
How do I request a JPS author for a Book Fair, Scholar-in-Residence program, or other speaking engagement?
Contact our partners at the University of Nebraska Press, Publicity Department via email.
How do I request or order a desk/exam copy?
Please consult the information provided here by our partners at the University of Nebraska Press. Exam copy/desk copy policy
How can I get a copy of JPS catalog?
You can view and download our catalog here. To request a printed copy, please email Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, JPS Director and Editor-in-Chief, at msimkovich@jps.org.
How do I request permission to reprint material from a JPS book?
How can I contact a JPS author?
To contact an author or illustrator, please send correspondence to his or her attention via email. We will be sure to pass your correspondence along.
As an author or illustrator of a JPS book(s) how can I purchase copies of my book?
Authors and illustrators may purchase copies of their books from Longleaf Services at a special discount. For more information, please contact our Customer Service Department at 1-800-848-6224.
How can I sign up to receive JPS news and special offers?
JPS issues a periodic newsletter that includes news and information about JPS, newly released titles, upcoming projects, donor opportunities, and special sales and discount offers on books. See the ‘Subscribe’ section on the side and bottom of this screen.
I am a retailer or institution based in Canada or in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East or Africa and would like to purchase your books.
Please contact one of our partner distributors below.
CANADA:
Codasat Canada, 604-228-9952,
info@codasat.com
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA:
Combined Academic Publishers, Ltd., +44 (0) 1423 526350, www.combinedacademic.co.uk
HAWAII, ASIA, THE PACIFIC, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND:
Eurospan Group, +44 (0) 1767 604972, eurospan@turpin-distribution.com
