University press
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A university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university. It produces mainly scholarly works. Because scholarly books are mostly unprofitable, university presses may also publish trade books, textbooks, and reference works, which tend to have larger audiences and sell more copies. Most university presses operate at a loss and must be subsidized by their home universities. Some, notably Yale University Press, are self-sufficient, often because of endowments.
Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press are the two largest university presses in the world. The largest university press in the United States is the University of Chicago Press.
University presses tend to develop specialized areas of expertise. For example, Yale publishes many art books, the University of Chicago publishes many academic journals, the University of Illinois press specializes in labor history, and MIT Press publishes linguistics titles.
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[edit] University presses by country: English-speaking countries
[edit] Australia
[edit] Canada
[edit] New Zealand
- Otago University Press
- Victoria University Press
[edit] South Africa
- University of Cape Town Press
- Witwatersrand University Press
[edit] United Kingdom
- Bath University Press
- University of Birmingham Press
- Cambridge University Press
- Chester Academic Press
- Edinburgh University Press
- University of Exeter Press
- University of Hertfordshire Press
- Liverpool University Press
- Manchester University Press
- Middlesex University Press
- Nottingham University Press
- Oxford University Press
- Sulis Press (Bath Spa University)
- University of Wales Press
- University of York Music Press
[edit] United States
The oldest university press in the United States is the Cornell University Press, founded in 1869.[1]
University presses in the United States include:
- Bob Jones University Press
- Carnegie Mellon University Press
- Columbia University Press
- Cornell University Press
- Denbridge Press[1]
- Duke University Press[2]
- Fordham University Press
- Georgetown University Press[3]
- Harvard University Press
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Kent State University Press[4]
- Louisiana State University Press[5]
- MIT Press
- Michigan State University Press[6]
- Moody Publishers [[7]]
- New York University Press[8]
- Penn State Press
- Princeton University Press
- Rutgers University Press
- Stanford University Press
- State University of New York Press[9]
- Texas A&M University Press
- University of Akron Press[10]
- University of Alaska Press
- University of Arizona Press
- University of California Press
- University of Chicago Press
- University of Georgia Press
- University of Illinois Press
- University of Nebraska Press
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- University Press of Florida
- University Press of Kentucky
- University Press of New England
- University of Texas Press
- University of Virginia Press[11]
- Wayne State University Press[12]
- Wharton School Publishing
- Yale University Press
[edit] University presses by country: Non-English-speaking countries
[edit] Denmark
[edit] Finland
- University Press Finland
[edit] France
[edit] Germany
[edit] Italy
[edit] Japan
[edit] Hungary
- Central European University Press[15]
[edit] Poland
[edit] Romania
- Cartea Universitara[16]
[edit] Russia
[edit] Taiwan
- National Taiwan University Press[17]
[edit] References
- ^ The History of the Cornell University Press. Cornell University Press. Retrieved on January 1, 2006.
