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Academic publishing companies
- RoutledgeGeorge Routledge published an unsuccessful guidebook titled The Beauties of Gilsland in 1836. He worked alongside his brother-in-law W. H.
- Oxford University PressThe year 1478 marked the first book printed in Oxford, establishing a tradition that would eventually become the largest university press in the world.
- Westview PressFrederick A. Praeger established Westview Press in Boulder, Colorado during 1975. The company began as a small operation with a clear mission to produce…
- Pluto PressLondon, 1969. Richard Kuper opened a small office to support political debate and activism. The International Socialists provided the initial Trotskyist…
- University of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press published its very first book in 1890, and it was not an easy sell. Robert F. Harper's Assyrian and Babylonian Letters…
- Wiley-BlackwellOn the 17th of November 2006, John Wiley & Sons announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Blackwell Publishing.
- Palgrave MacmillanThe year 2000 marked a pivotal moment in British publishing history. St. Martin's Press from the United States joined forces with Macmillan Publishers based…
- Wiley (publisher)Charles Wiley opened a print shop in Manhattan in 1807. The small business published works by James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving during the…
- Springer Science+Business MediaSpringer Science+Business Media traces its roots to a single Berlin publishing house founded in 1842, and today it sits inside one of the largest academic…
- Henry Holt and CompanyHenry Holt and Company opened its doors in 1866. Two men named Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt started the business together.
- Taylor & FrancisRichard Taylor opened his first publishing house in 1798. He focused on scientific and technical subjects like agriculture, chemistry, and engineering.
- Springer NatureJulius Springer opened a small bookshop in Berlin on the 1st of January 1842. That single shop grew into Springer-Verlag, one of Europe's oldest academic…
- Brill PublishersOn the 17th of May 1683, the Leiden booksellers' guild registered Jordaan Luchtmans as a bookseller. He combined his bookselling business with publishing…
- ElsevierThe year 1880 marked the founding of a Dutch academic publishing company that would eventually become known as Elsevier.
- Boydell & BrewerBoydell & Brewer sits in Martlesham, Suffolk, a small corner of England that has become a surprising crossroads for some of the most specialized academic…
- Peter Lang (publisher)Frankfurt am Main in 1970 marked the birth of a new academic publisher. Swiss editor Peter Lang established the company within this German city.
- Bloomsbury PublishingNigel Newton established Bloomsbury Publishing in 1986. He had previously worked for other publishing companies before starting his own venture.
- Ashgate PublishingAshgate Publishing spent nearly five decades as a fixture of British academic life, turning out books and journals on subjects from social science to the…
- University of South Carolina PressThe University of South Carolina Press opened its doors in 1944. This new entity emerged from the heart of the university system to serve a specific academic…
- M. E. SharpeM. E. Sharpe, Inc. began in 1958 with a very specific mission: to bring Russian social science and humanities scholarship to English-speaking readers.
- Berg PublishersBerg Publishers was an academic press founded in Oxford in 1983 by Marion Berghahn, and its story is really the story of what happens when a small specialist…
- Berghahn BooksMarion Berghahn established a new publishing house in 1994. The company began operations with a clear mission to serve the humanities and social sciences.
- Royal Society of ChemistryIn 1980, four distinct chemical societies merged to form a single entity under a new Royal Charter. The Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry…
- Cambria PressCambria Press opened its doors in Amherst, New York, sending its first titles into the world in September 2006. From the start, it operated as an independent…
- Academic Studies PressAcademic Studies Press opened its doors in 2007 within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The new publisher set a clear direction from day one by focusing on…
- Open Court Publishing CompanyEdward C. Hegeler established Open Court Publishing Company in 1887 within the industrial heart of Chicago, Illinois. He was a zinc manufacturer who led the…