Edwin Mellen Press
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The Edwin Mellen Press is a controversial[1] Lewiston, New York-based publisher.[2] It describes itself as "a non-subsidy academic publisher of books in the humanities and social science",[3] but has been described as a vanity press[4][5] whose books "often prove to contain quite extraordinary gibberish".[1]
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.[6] In 2012 it brought a similar suit for $3.5 million against McMaster University and a librarian there over a blog posting.[7] 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.[4]
References
- ^ a b Stafford, Robert (February 1994). "Scholarly Publishing In The Humanities : The Edwin Mellen Press". Library News (12). Victoria, Australia: Monash University Library.
- ^ "The Edwin Mellen Press Contact Details". Edwin Mellen Press. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "The Edwin Mellen Press". Edwin Mellen Press. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ a b Flaherty, Colleen (8 February 2013). "Price of a Bad Review". Inside Higher Ed.
- ^ LinguaFranca
- ^ 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.
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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