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Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 08:18:59 +0000


PRESS RELEASE

The University of Pennsylvania Press Selects De Gruyter as Its New
Distribution Partner for Electronic Content

Berlin/Philadelphia, 21 May 2014 – The University of Pennsylvania
Press (Penn Press) has signed a contract granting De Gruyter global
distribution rights to its electronic products. This transatlantic
partnership will expand the international reach of Penn Press while
also strengthening De Gruyter’s portfolio with a range of premier
academic publications.

“We found that De Gruyter’s digitization strategy, distribution team,
and innovative business model made a compelling case,” says Eric
Halpern, Director of Penn Press.

Penn Press publishes in a focused editorial program across the
humanities and social sciences, with especially strong lists in
American and European history and literature, and in such
multidisciplinary areas as human rights, urban studies, medieval
studies, and religious studies, where it enjoys a preeminent standing.
Its lists in ancient studies and early modern studies are growing, and
it has developed a distinguished presence in the field of landscape
architecture. Each year, Penn Press releases more than 100 new titles.
These new releases will be offered at De Gruyter Online, along with a
backlist of some 1,000 eBooks.

“This partnership is a big win for De Gruyter,” says Dr. Sven Fund,
Managing Director of De Gruyter. “Adding such a large number of eBooks
to our portfolio will considerably augment the attractiveness of our
catalog to libraries in international markets. We welcome Penn Press
on board as our ninth Publisher Partner.”

Contact
Ulrike Lippe
Public Relations Manager
Tel. +49 (0)30-260 05 153

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De Gruyter: The independent academic publisher De Gruyter can look
back at an over 260 year history. The De Gruyter Group, which includes
the publishing houses of De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, Birkhäuser, De
Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, De Gruyter Open, and De Gruyter
Saur publishes over 1,300 new titles each year in the humanities,
medicine, ­natural sciences, and law, more than 650 journals, and a
variety of digital media. The company is headquartered in Berlin,
Germany. http://www.degruyter.com/

The University of Pennsylvania Press was originally incorporated with
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on 26 March 1890, and the imprint of
the University of Pennsylvania Press first appeared on publications in
the closing decade of the nineteenth century – among the earliest such
imprints in America. One of the Press's first book publications, in
1899, was a landmark: The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study, by
renowned black reformer, scholar, and social critic W.E.B. Du Bois, a
book that remains on the Press's lists to this day. From the turn of
the century to the late 1950s, the Press published books focused
mainly on Pennsylvania and on American history and culture of the
eighteenth century. In the mid-1960s the Press began to broaden the
scope of its editorial interests to include European history and
culture, the social sciences, and the professions. A member of the
Association of American University Presses, Penn Press now publishes
more than 100 new books and journal issues a year, with an active
backlist of more than 1.000 titles.

http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/