Gold Leaf have published a new report on German University Presses, which can be downloaded below or through the DOI 10.5281/zenodo.5584519 Innovations in publishing technology and staunch commitment to Open Access have combined to produce a proliferation of “new” university presses in recent years. Often run by the university’s library by seconding a tiny groupContinueContinue reading “The German new university press: small and perfectly formed or an enterprise in transition?”
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A holistic approach to sustainability – Oekom Verlag
Oekom is the German “publishing house for Ecological Communication”; it was founded in 1989 and has made the topics of ecology and sustainability its focus ever since. Originally it published the journal “politische ökologie” (“political ecology”) and has built on this to become a publisher of 12 journals and approx. 70 other publications annually. TheContinueContinue reading “A holistic approach to sustainability – Oekom Verlag”
Grown out of dispute: how collaboration removed frustration – and DRM!
Last month, De Gruyter announced the launch of a new initiative, called University Press Library. From early 2020, De Gruyter’s re-launched e-book platform will provide access to the digital book content of 10 American University Presses – with some of whom De Gruyter has long had distribution agreements; others have newly signed with the Germany-basedContinueContinue reading “Grown out of dispute: how collaboration removed frustration – and DRM!”
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