Equinox Publishing Ltd is an independent
academic publisher
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incepted in 2003 by Janet Joyce and based in
Sheffield
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. It publishes
textbook
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s,
anthologies
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,
monograph
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s, and
reference book
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s in the areas of
archaeology
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,
linguistics
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,
cultural history
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,
religious studies
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,
theology
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,
biblical studies
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, cookery, and popular music. In 2009, Equinox had a list of over 200 published titles and planned to publish another 40 new books. The list of
academic journals
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has grown to over 40 titles in 2015.
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Publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Publishing companies established in 2003
Privately held companies of the United Kingdom