Who founded Berg Publishers?
Berg Publishers was founded in 1983 by Marion Berghahn in the United Kingdom. Berghahn was later forced out by the company's owners in 1994, after which she immediately founded Berghahn Books.
Questions about Berg Publishers
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When did Bloomsbury Publishing acquire Berg Publishers?
Bloomsbury Publishing bought Berg Publishers in September 2008 for three million pounds, which was approximately US$3,569,535 at the time. All Berg titles moved under the Bloomsbury Academic imprint by 2013.
What subjects did Berg Publishers specialise in?
Berg Publishers focused on fashion, design, anthropology, history, and cultural studies. The press published monographs, textbooks, reference works, and academic journals across these disciplines.
Why did Berg Publishers open an office in Providence, Rhode Island?
Berg opened its Providence, Rhode Island operations shortly after Marion Berghahn's husband, historian Volker Berghahn, accepted a chair at Brown University in 1988. The move gave the press a presence on both sides of the Atlantic.
What awards did Berg Publishers win for digital publishing?
Berg won the Book Industry Communication's BIC Product Data Excellence Gold Award for 2007-2008 and was accredited through the BIC's e4books project in 2008. The Independent Publishers Guild also awarded Berg its 2008 Publishing Technology E-Publishing Award in March 2008.
What happened to Berg Publishers after the management buyout in 2003?
Kathryn Earle and Sara Everett bought Berg from its owners in 2003 in a management buyout. Under their leadership, Berg expanded to thirteen journals by March 2008 and earned multiple digital publishing awards before Bloomsbury acquired the company in September 2008.