Press Release: Miscellaneous Announcements
University Publishing Online Adds A Further Six Academic Presses To Its Portfolio
Posted at 10:03AM Friday 20 Jan 2012
Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce the addition of six more academic presses to its University Publishing Online (UPO) platform.2012 will see the addition of content from Anthem Press, Boydell & Brewer, Edinburgh University Press, Nottingham University Press, Pickering & Chatto and the University of Adelaide Press. Launched in October 2011, University Publishing Online provides access to thousands of titles from scholarly Presses around the world, accessible through quick, powerful search and browse functionality. Anthem Press are scheduled to launch in March with 125 titles across a broad range of subjects, from drama and theatre to policy and international relations through to medicine. The Boydell & Brewer Group publish across the humanities, including history and the arts and is scheduled to launch with over 400 titles. With specialist lists in African, Hispanic and German studies (under the imprints James Currey, Tamesis and Camden House), it has an established partnership with the University of Rochester Press. Edinburgh University Press will initially make around 210 titles available in May across 16 subjects within the humanities and social sciences and fields across all scientific, technical and medical areas. Nottingham University Press publish across a wide range of scientific subjects, from animal science to scientific communication and are scheduled to launch around April/May with 44 titles. Pickering & Chatto will have over 370 titles available on UPO, covering humanities and social sciences subjects from philosophy and religion to economics, finance and business. The University of Adelaide Press are continuing to build a wide range of titles across all H&SS and STM disciplines and will have 16 titles available initially. With the addition of these publishers University Publishing Online will offer over 14,000 titles from ten global presses. "We are very pleased to join University Publishing Online. This is our first opportunity to showcase our eBook offering distinctly from other publishers while still benefitting from the market presence and expertise of Cambridge University Press." - James Powell, Managing Director, Pickering & Chatto Publishers To view UPO, go to www.universitypublishingonline.org.
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