When an author is choosing a publisher they consider a number of factors. What is the reputation of the Press? Who else has this Press published? How well will they support my book? And, perhaps a final but very important consideration, What will my book look like on the shelf and when I'm reading it? While I (not surprisingly) feel the UNC Press does a great job on all of these points, it's the last of these points, along with the man in this photo, that I'd like to tell you a bit more about...