The University of Nebraska Press (UNP) was founded in 1941 and is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books.

Since its inception, UNP has published more than 4,000 books and 30 journals, adding another 150 new titles each year, making it the 12th largest university press in the United States.

During Schossberger's 17-year tenure UNP published 97 books, primarily focused on regional titles and the works of Louise Pound, Karl Shapiro, and George W. Norris.

Nicoll led the UNP for 17 years and expanded its focus to publish books of more diverse backgrounds, not simply monographs for and by scholars.

[7] UNP publishes scholarly editions of the works of Willa Cather, including the classics My Ántonia and O Pioneers!.

Bison Books began in 1961 as UNP's first trade imprint and originally focused on inexpensive paperbacks of general-interest works in Western Americana.

The imprint has featured the work of notable authors such as André Breton, George Armstrong Custer, William F. Cody, Loren Eiseley, Michel Foucault, Che Guevara, Wright Morris, Tillie Olsen, Mari Sandoz, Wallace Stegner, Leo Tolstoy, Philip Wylie, and Stefan Zweig.

[8] Potomac Books began in 1983 as Brassey's, Inc., the U.S. imprint of a longstanding British publishing enterprise that focused on military subjects.