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Incorporated in 1985 Broadview Press is a steadily growing company and nowadays employs over 30 people. It has offices at Calgary, Peterborough, Halifax and Guelph. The company is an independent academic publisher with no affiliation to any larger publishing house or media conglomerate. With roughly 600 titles in print, and approximately 40 new titles per year, Broadview Press main focus is English Studies and Philosophy.
The Althhouse Press was founded in 1977 as an experimental outlet for educational publications sponsored by the Faculty of Education at The University of Western Ontario, Canada. After 1982 in addition to books Althhouse Press produces other materials such as videotapes. Following that it has gradually introduced other modern methods of publishing, and enhanced its position as a publisher of educational materials. Among other special attention has been given to novel aspects in educational research and to major critiques of official policy. Althhouse Press has established cooperation agreements with other publishers. For example some of the most recent co-publication agreements have been with Teachers' College Press, The University of Chicago Press, and the State University of New York Press. In an academic review in 1990, the Althhouse Press has been recognised as an "intellectual and artistic success."
Founded by the National Academies - The National Academies Press (NAP) – was created to publish the reports of: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. The prior mentioned organisations operate under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. Each year NAP publishes in excess of 200 books on a broad range of topics, including engineering, health and science. Other topics such as modern physics, medicine, technology, scientific biography and early childhood development, are published under the imprint of the Joseph Henry Press (JHP).
Founded in 1913, when the Harvard Corporation established the entity known as Harvard University Press. A division of one of the world most renounced universities (Harvard University), Harvard University Press (HUP) was officially established on January 13, 1913, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The history of HUP can be traced back to 1643 and the first president of Harvard College, Henry Dunster. A leading global academic publishing house HUP offers a large variety of books and materials. For example its nearly 500 volumes of Greek and Latin texts, enjoy worldwide annual sales over 100,000 volumes.
Founded in 1994 Harvard Business Publishing is a non-profit, wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University. Harvard Business Publishing is the leading provider of teaching materials for management education and has its headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. With focus on different target groups such as educational institutions, corporations and individual, the company is organised in three subdivisions which are: Higher Education, Corporate Learning and Harvard Business Review Group.
Founded in 1891 the University of Chicago Press is one of the three original divisions of the University of Chicago. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious university presses in the United States. The University of Chicago Press employs about 300 people and has three main departments: Books, Journals and Distribution Services. It publishes around 250 books a year and has published until now over 11,000 books. In addition currently in offers about 49 journals and annuals.
The Johns Hopkins University Press (first name: the University’s Publication Agency) claims to be the oldest university press in America, founded in 1878, two years after the founding of the University. It was an initiative of the first president Daniel Coit Gilman who stated that “It is one of the noblest duties of a university to advance knowledge and to diffuse it not merely among those who can attend the daily lectures but far and wide”. The first publication was the American Journal of Mathematics, following by the American Journal of Philology founded in 1880 by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve. The first book was published in 1881(Sidney Lanier: A Memorial Tribute), while in 1891, the Publication Agency name was changed to Johns Hopkins Press. Likewise in 1972 it was renamed again to its current name: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Nowadays, Johns Hopkins University Press is one of the world’s largest university presses. It publishes approximately 60 scholarly journals and nearly 200 new books every year. In addition Johns Hopkins University Press is the home of the MUSE project - started in 1993 and went live in 1995 - a collaboration with Milton S. Eisenhower Library (MSEL). MUSE provides online access to more than 380 journals for millions of students, researchers, scholars, and other readers.
Founded in 1905 (incorporated in 1910 as not-for-profit company) Princeton University Press has always been privately owned and controlled. In 1905 Whitney Darrow (a graduate and manager of the University's Alumni Weekly) in collaboration with Charles Scribner with other investors raised $5,000 and bought Zapf Press a small local printing outfit. Thus Princeton University Press began as a small printer in rented facilities in Princeton, New Jersey. In spite of its close connections with Princeton University, Princeton University Press has always been privately owned and controlled. It focus was to publish scholarly books not always feasible for commercial firms. Although the focus of publication has shifted and expanded over the years, the Press still follow its tradition to make available books "for the promotion of education and scholarship," regularly publishing books whose scholarly importance may exceeds their financial reward.
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The roots of the MIT Press go as far back as 1926 when a set of lectures (Problems of Atomic Dynamics) by the physicist Max Born were published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under its own imprint. In 1932, James Rhyne Killian (science advisor -1957–1959- to President Eisenhower) led the formation of an imprint called Technology Press (publishing eight titles over the next five years). In 1937 (John Wiley & Sons took the editorial and marketing tasks) publishing 125 titles during the next 25 years. Finally in 1962, MIT - Wiley cooperation ended which was followed by the establishment on a fully independent publishing house, named The MIT Press. Focused in science and technology (other topics include architecture, social theory, economics, etc), The MIT Press publishes about 200 new books a year and over 30 journals. The aim of the publishing house is to create books and journals that are challenging, creative, attractive, and yet affordable and accessible to individual readers. By 2010 the Press has published over 9,000 books.
Founded in 1947, Michigan State University Press is the scholarly publishing arm of Michigan State University. Since its beginning, Michigan State University Press has published numerous award winning books and scholarly journals. The Press has two divisions: a books division and a journals division. The journal division publishes nine academic journals across a wide variety of academic disciplines. MSU Press mission is: “to be a catalyst for positive intellectual, social, and technological change through the publication of research and intellectual inquiry, making significant contributions to scholarship in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences”.
SAGE Publications was founded in 1965 by George McCune and Sara Miller McCune. It is an independent international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media, for academic, educational and professional markets. The company has its headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with offices in Washington D.C., London, New Delhi, and Singapore. In 2008, SAGE acquired CQ Press, a publisher focused on products related to American government and politics, international affairs, journalism and mass communication. The company also has other activities. For example in 1990 it established Corwin Press as an affiliate of SAGE Publications to provide solutions for the field of K–12 education. Another imprint of SAGE Publications is Pine Forge Press. Pine Forge Press focus is innovative and student oriented teaching materials and resources across the broader discipline of sociology.
With imprints stretching back to 1725 (when Thomas Longman published the first book typeset by Benjamin Franklin) Pearson Education is a global media and education group, publishing under imprints such as Addison-Wesley, Waterford, Allyn & Bacon, FT Prentice Hall, Longman, Prentice Hall and many more. In addition Pearson’s operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. The group publish materials (for schools, higher education and professional training) across a wide spectrum of subjects, including business, technology, sciences, law and humanities. The aim is to develop resources that will help students to learn, teachers to teach and professionals to learn and develop throughout their careers. With offices in more than 30 countries, such as USA, UK, Canada, Singapore, Australia and India, Pearson Education has built an international network that enables the group to provide comprehensive sales, marketing and distribution. In addition to English language publishing programmes Pearson Education has developed vibrant local language publishing activities in German, French, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Swedish, Danish, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Malay and Bahasa Indonesian.
The roots of Wiley can be traced as far back as 1807 when Charles Wiley, opened a small printing shop in Manhattan, New York. Following that in 1812, "C. Wiley, Printer" appeared for the first time on legal publications. By the early 1900s, Wiley was already well established as a leading publisher in science and technology. During the first decades of the 20th century, Wiley expanded its operations into social sciences and business management publishing. The company continued to grow through partnerships and acquisitions. For example in 2007 Wiley became Microsoft's sole global publishing partner for all Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) materials, used in college courses that train and certify students in Microsoft technologies. In 1999 Wiley acquired Pearson Education's college textbooks and instructional packages in biology, anatomy and physiology; engineering; mathematics; economics and finance; and teacher education. The same year it acquired Jossey-Bass, a publisher of books and journals for professionals and executives in business, psychology, education, and health management. Also the company acquired the J.K. Lasser tax and financial guides, which enhanced its presence in the financial planning market. In 2001, Wiley acquired Hungry Minds, Inc. Recent acquisitions include Anker Publishing Company, Inc., Whatsonwhen Ltd., Health Economics Evaluation Database (HEED), Carpe Diem publications; Whurr Publishers Limited, Fernhurst Books (now Wiley Nautical), InfoPOEMs, Inc., Sybex, Inc., the reference portfolio of the Nature Publishing Group; the book list of Professional Engineering Publishing; and the publishing arm of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Also is February 2007 the merge of Blackwell Publishing with Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business, created one of the world's foremost academic and professional publishers and the largest society publisher (a list of more than 1,400 scholarly peer-reviewed journals). Today, Wiley is providing scientists, professionals, students, teachers, researchers, entrepreneurs and lifelong learners with more access to more content than ever before. Wiley portfolio includes brands such as: For Dummies, Frommer's, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, CliffsNotes, Webster's New World, J.K. Lasser, Jossey-Bass, Pfeiffer, and Sybex. Subject areas include books and other recourses in: business, technology, architecture, professional culinary, psychology, education, travel, health, religion, consumer reference, pets and general interest.
