Trinity University Press Team Members Hired by Texas Monthly

Last September, Trinity University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Megan Mustain, Ph.D., notified all faculty and staff of the plan to sunset Trinity University Press by December 2026. Mustain explained that the cost of running a small, high-quality press was unsustainable.

"While profit has never been our aim, the costs of production and promotion have increasingly outpaced revenues, and the university's subsidy for press operations has been growing year over year despite diligent efforts to contain expenses," Mustain said.

She also made a point of saying the dedicated members of the TU Press team are a top priority. Today, Mustain shared another email with faculty and staff announcing that Texas Monthly has hired TU Press team members. Her email is below.

Dear Colleagues,

After months of conversations and negotiations, I am pleased to report that the legacy of Trinity University Press will live on with another iconic Texas literary brand. The venerated magazine Texas Monthly is relaunching its Texas Monthly Press book imprint and will hire TU Press team members into similar capacities.

Since 1973, Texas Monthly has taken the same great care in illuminating life in our state through long-form journalism as TU Press has taken with book publishing. The magazine's Pulitzer-Prize- and National Magazine Award-winning work reflects excellence and dedication to the written word, and I have every confidence that Texas Monthly Press will continue that tradition.

We expect the official transition to happen this fall. This summer, TU Press authors will receive detailed options for handling their specific books' publishing rights and remaining inventory. TU Press will publish its final book in early October and continue the shutdown process through December.

Texas Monthly will announce more details later today; I wanted to share this good news with you as soon as possible.

Congratulations to the TU Press team on their exciting next chapters, and thank you to them and to the many people who are helping to make this transition as easy as possible.

Sincerely,

Megan Mustain, Ph.D.

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs