Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and
journals, based in
Edinburgh
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, Scotland.
History
Edinburgh University Press was founded in the 1940s and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the
University of Edinburgh
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in 1992. Books and journals published by the press carry the
imprimatur of The University of Edinburgh. All proposed publishing projects are appraised and approved by the Press Committee, which consists of academics from the university. Since August 2004, the Press has had Charitable Status.
In November 2013, Edinburgh University Press acquired Dundee University Press for an undisclosed sum, with a stated aim to increase textbook and digital sales, with a particular focus on law.
Brodies
Brodies LLP
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advised Edinburgh University Press on the terms of the acquisition.
Publishing
Edinburgh University Press publishes a range of research publications, which include scholarly
monographs and
reference works, as well as materials which are available on-line. The press also publishes
textbooks for students and lecturers.
[ The press publishes around 205 books and 42 journals each year.]
Ebooks
The press participates in the ebook platforms University Press Scholarship Online (as Edinburgh Scholarship Online), Books at JSTOR
JSTOR (; short for ''Journal Storage'') is a digital library founded in 1995 in New York City. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now encompasses books and other primary sources as well as current issues of j ...
and University Publishing Online, and also works with a number of ebook aggregators.
Open access
EUP supports both gold
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and green open access publishing, and is one of 13 publishers to participate in the Knowledge Unlatched
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) is an Open Access service provider registered as a for-profit GmbH in Berlin, Germany, and owned by multinational commercial publishing company Wiley as of December 2021. It offers a crowdfunding model to support a vari ...
pilot, a global library consortium approach to funding open access book An open-access monograph is a scholarly monograph which is made openly available online with open license.
Concept
Open access is when academic research is made freely available online for anyone to read and re-use. As with open access journals, ...
s.
Business
The trustees normally meet five times a year, and are responsible for the conduct of the Edinburgh University Press.[
Edinburgh University Press achieved combined book and journal revenues of over £4,000,000 for the year ending 31 July 2021, a 9% increase on the previous year, earning a profit of £316,000.][
]
References
External links
Official website – Corporate information and journals publishing programmeOfficial website – books publishing programme
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University of Edinburgh
University presses of the United Kingdom
Book publishing companies of Scotland
1953 establishments in Scotland
Publishing companies established in 1953
Companies based in Edinburgh
British companies established in 1953