Edward Elgar Publishing

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Edward Elgar Publishing, founded in 1986, is an independent family-owned international publisher, with offices in Cheltenham and Camberley in the UK and Northampton, Massachusetts, in the USA.[1] It specializes in the academic and professional market and publishes in the field of economics, law, management studies, public policy and social policy and the environment.[2] The company has over 4,500 book titles in print and publishes more than 300 new titles a year.[3]

In 2013, Edward Elgar Publishing won the award for Independent Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the Year at the annual industry awards hosted by The Bookseller in London. The Bookseller has been the leading British business magazine for the book industry since 1858. The award was given for "achieving record sales in a tough market, launching digital platform Elgaronline and for its "high-class editorial, design and production".[4]  The company was also shortlisted for Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year in the 2012 Bookseller Industry Awards as well as Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year in 2012 and 2013 by the Independent Publishers' Guild (IPG).  In 2013 the IPG cited "growing sales and high quality publishing... Epitomising the agility of an owner-run business, it consolidated its position as a leader in its field and pushed on with innovative products", the Bookseller cited the firm's "big investment in a new Elgaronline platform"[5][6][7][8]

A 2012 working paper claimed that Elgar was the most cited publisher in Management, 2nd most cited in Law, 4th in Economics/ Business and 6th in Political Science and International Relations in the Thomson Reuters Social Science Citation Index.[9]

The first Edward Elgar Publishing book titles were published in 1987 and included The Economics of Education and the Education of an Economist[10] by Mark Blaug, The Economic Revival of Modern Britain[11] by David Coates and John Hillard, and Economic Choice Under Uncertainty[12] by J.L. Ford.

The company launched a journals programme in 2010 and now publishes a number of scholarly journals.[13][14] In 2012 the company launched a new blog for its authors to discuss their work and research, Elgarblog,[15] while early 2013 saw the launch of Edward Elgar Publishing's new digital content platform, Elgaronline.[16]

Edward Elgar Publishing counts amongst its authors a number of recipients of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, more commonly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics. Most recently, in 2011, the company published Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom.[17]

Edward Elgar Publishing is a family run business. The company is named after the founder and current Chairman Edward Elgar[18] who moved to Gloucestershire to start the business in 1986, from the study of the family home in Middleton.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Edward Elgar Publishing Website". Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  2. ↑ London School of Economics webpage. "Academic Social Science Publishers in the UK". Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  3. ↑ By Continuum, The Publishers Association (2010). Directory of Publishing 2011: United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Continuum. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-4411-8442-9. 
  4. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/random-house-and-foyles-triumph-bookseller-industry-awards.html
  5. ↑ "IPG Awards Announcement". Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Alma, C&R and John Blake compete in IPG awards". The Bookseller. 12.02.13. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Hachette leads Bookseller Industry Awards pack". The Bookseller. 16.04.12. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Bookseller Industry Awards: The shortlists". The Bookseller. 15.04.13. Retrieved 10 May 2013. 
  9. ↑ Torres-Salinas, Daniel; Nicolas Robinson-Garcia, Emilio Delgado Lopez-Cozar (Sun, 29 Jul 2012). "Towards a ‘Book Publisher s Citation Reports’. First approach using the ‘Book Citation Index ’". EC 3 Working Papers 7. Retrieved 10 May 2013. 
  10. ↑ Blaug, Mark (1987). The Economics of Education and the Education of an Economist. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-85278-022-7. 
  11. ↑ Coates et al., David (1987). The Economic Revival of Modern Britain. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 368. 
  12. ↑ Ford, J.L. (1987). Economic Choice Under Uncertainty. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-85278-006-7. 
  13. ↑ "Global Network for the study of human rights and the environment". University of the West of England. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  14. ↑ "New Intellectual Property Journal launched by Queen Mary". Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  15. ↑ "Elgar Blog". Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  16. ↑ "ElgarOnline". Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  17. ↑ Ostrom, Elinor. "CV including list of publications". Indiana University webpage. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Edward Elgar Publishing Website". Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  19. ↑ "A move to the country". The Citizen, Cheltenham. 2 June 1987. 

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