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The Edwin Mellen Press, based in Lewiston, New York[1] is a niche publisher of scholarly material and advanced research in the humanities and social sciences.[2] They publish a variety of tomes including monographs, bibliographies, concordances, dictionaries, conference proceedings, dissertations, and reference sets.[3] Other publications include academic journals, research from scholarly institutes and a large number of continuing series.[3] Edwin Mellen Press also publishes under two other imprints, Mellen Biblical Press and Mellen Poetry Press.
While their texts are held by research libraries world-wide,[2] the company typically limits the initial printing of each title to 300 copies but titles are guaranteed to stay perpetually in print.[4] Mellen currently has almost 7,000 books in print.
The press was founded by Dr. Herbert Richardson and is named after his maternal grandfather. Since 1973, it has published the work of more than eight thousand scholars. Edwin Mellen Press also has an office at Lampeter, Wales.
Criticisms
The Press has shown an unusual propensity for suing its critics. In 1993 it brought a libel suit against the magazine Lingua Franca, which it lost.[5] In 2012 it brought a similar suit for $3.5 million against McMaster University and a librarian there over a blog posting.[6] This suit has been criticized by for example the Canadian Association of University Teachers as an attempt to use legal action to silence criticism whose publication is an exercise of academic freedom.[7]
References
- ^ "The Edwin Mellen Press Contact Details". Edwin Mellen Press. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ a b "The Edwin Mellen Press". Edwin Mellen Press. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ a b "The Edwin Mellen Press Imprints". Edwin Mellen Press. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ Stafford, Robert (February 1994). "Scholarly Publishing In The Humanities : The Edwin Mellen Press". Library News (12). Victoria, Australia: Monash University Library.
- ^ Reid, Paul H., Jr. (2006). The Edwin Mellen Press Versus Lingua Franca: A Case Study in the Law of Libel. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 0773454462.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ The Edwin Mellen Press vs. Dale Askey and McMaster University (Ontario Superior Court 2012), Text.
- ^ Flaherty, Colleen (8 February 2013). "Price of a Bad Review". Inside Higher Ed.
External links
- Official website
- The Responsibility Of Professors: Academic Freedom, Peer Review, And The Scholarly Conscience Today by Professor Murray Miles (1995)
- Colleen Flaherty. 2013. Price of a Bad Review. Inside Higher Ed 8 Feb 2013.
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