What is University Press of Kansas?
{{Infobox publisher | image = | parent = [[Kansas Board of Regents]] | status = | founded = 1946 | founder = | successor = | country = [[United States]] | headquarters = [[Lawrence, Kansas]] | distribution = self-distributed (United States)<br>Eurospan Group (EMEA)<br>[[East-West Export Books]] (Asia, the Pacific)<br>Scholarly Book Services (Canada)<ref>{{Cite web| title = International Sales Reps| access-date = December 3, 2017 | url = https://kansaspress.ku.edu/order/international/sales|website=University Press of Kansas|publisher=[[University of Kansas]]}}</ref> | keypeople = | publications = [[Book]]s | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | numemployees = | nasdaq = | url = {{URL|https://kansaspress.ku.edu/}} }} The '''University Press of Kansas''' is a publisher in [[Lawrence, KS]] that represents the six state [[universities]] in the US state of [[Kansas]]: [[Emporia State University]], [[Fort Hays State University]], [[Kansas State University]] (K-State), [[Pittsburg State University]], the [[University of Kansas]] (KU), and [[Wichita State University]].{{efn|1=[[Washburn University]], a public university in [[Topeka]], is funded by county sales tax, and it has its own [[board of regents]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washburn.edu/main/about-wu/information-about-wu/history.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329014518/http://www.washburn.edu/main/about-wu/information-about-wu/history.html|archive-date=March 29, 2009|title=The History of Washburn University|publisher=[[Washburn University]]}}</ref> It is thus not counted as a state universities.}} ==History== The press was created in 1946. There were big changes in 1967 and 1976. Today, it operates as a consortium with representation from each of the participating universities. The press is on the west part of the KU campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=https://kansaspress.ku.edu/about/|website=University Press of Kansas|publisher=[[Universit