From: Pierre Mounier <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:21:30 +0100

OpenEdition is pleased to announce the arrival of German publisher
C.H. Beck on OpenEdition Books, the digital platform for open access
academic publishing. C.H. Beck collections will be available on
OpenEdition Books in April 2014.

The C.H. Beck catalogue on OpenEdition will initially include around
30 books drawn from its classical studies series (Zetemata:
Monographien zur klassischen Altertumswissenschaft) and papyrus
studies series (Münchener Beiträge zur Papyrusforschung und antiken
Rechtsgeschichte). Two-thirds of the books will come from the
classical studies series, which examines topics such as philology,
history, epistemology and theology in the works of writers and
philosophers of Ancient Greece and Rome. The papyrus studies series
contributes to scholarship on the law, politics, economy and
administration of ancient civilisations, notably the Ptolemaic and
Hellenistic periods.

Most of the books will be available in Open Access Freemium: free
HTML, with PDF, ePub and eReader formats available exclusively to
subscribing institutions and through digital bookstores.

About

C.H. Beck is one of Germany’s oldest and most prestigious publishing
houses. It has a backlist of more than 9,000 titles and 70 journals,
covering disciplines as diverse as law, history, theology, classical
studies, literary scholarship, and economics. Based in Munich, the
company also has offices in Warsaw, Prague, Basel, Bucharest and
Bratislava. It has been publishing electronic publications since the
late 1980s.

OpenEdition is a leading digital portal for the humanities and social
sciences. Run by the Centre for Open Electronic Publishing (Cléo) and
supported by French research organisations, its four publishing
platforms – Revues.org (journals), Hypotheses (academic blogs),
Calenda (calls and announcements), OpenEdition Books (monographs and
multi-author works) – receive almost 3 million visits a month.
Launched in early 2013, OpenEdition Books provides access to over 1000
publications from 27 international publishers.

Contact

Lisa George, Communication Officer (English, French)
[log in to unmask] / +33 (0)4 13 55 03 46

Dr. Andrea Brill, Ansprechpartnerin C.H. Beck (German)
[log in to unmask] / +49 (0)89 381 89 337

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Pierre Mounier
Directeur adjoint - Centre pour l'édition électronique ouverte
Associate Director - Centre for Open Electronic Publishing

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