Cambria Press is an independent

academic publisher Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles, books or theses. The part of academic written output that is not formally pub ...

based in

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. The

publishing company Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

was established by 2006, with its first titles released in September of that year.Blackwell Book Services (2007) Cambria publishes academic monographs and new titles by scholars in a wide range of research fields, initially issuing approximately 50 titles per year. Cambria's academic and professional research titles undergo a

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

process prior to final acceptance, and the publisher stipulates that its authors hold an appropriate

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in their respective fields. Cambria's titles are geared towards the specialised and

research library A research library is a library which contains an in-depth collection of material on one or several subjects.(Young, 1983; p. 188) A research library will generally include an in-depth selection of materials on a particular topic or set of to ...

market, via several partnership arrangements with wholesalers and distributors dealing with

library acquisitions Library acquisitions is the department of a library responsible for the selection and purchase of materials or resources. The department may select vendors, negotiate consortium pricing, arrange for standing orders, and select individual titles or ...

, in research and

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in North America and elsewhere. Cambria also markets some titles direct to

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s for classroom use, and to individual purchasers via

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s and distributors to

bookstore Bookselling is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process. People who engage in bookselling are called booksellers, bookdealers, bookpeople, bookmen, or bookwomen. The founding of librar ...

s. Book distributors and wholesalers for Cambria titles include Blackwell and

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, and Cambria is a member of the Google Books Partner Program.

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