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Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:45:58 +0000


PRESS RELEASE

Cornell University Press Signs Distribution Partnership with De Gruyter
Worldwide Sales of Electronic Content

Berlin, 11 April 2016

Cornell University Press and De Gruyter are proud to announce that
they have formed a partnership for the worldwide sales of electronic
publications. These include a frontlist of over 100 titles and a
selection of backlist and archive publications. The transatlantic
partnership will expand the international reach of Cornell University
Press while also strengthening De Gruyter’s portfolio with a range of
premier academic publications, research-intensive content and
world-renowned authors.

“We look forward to a great collaboration with De Gruyter,” says Dean
Smith, Director of Cornell University Press. “Their dynamic business
model is designed to expand access and drive usage of Cornell Press
titles worldwide.”

America’s first university press founded in 1869, Cornell University
Press is a leading publisher of titles in the social science and
humanities, with distinguished lists in political science and
international relations, medieval, European and American history,
sociology, anthropology, Slavic Studies, Asian Studies, the classics,
philosophy, and literary criticism. Our many books in the life
sciences and natural history, including field guides, are published
under the Comstock Publishing Associates imprint, and a distinguished
list of books in labor and employment relations, the health care
professions, and human resources is offered under our ILR Press
imprint. Well-known editions are The Cornell Yeats and the Diaries of
Sergey Prokofiev. Numerous books are awarded.

“The partnership with a prestigious publisher like Cornell University
Press complements our portfolio very well,” says Carsten Buhr,
Managing Director of De Gruyter. “We are convinced that their eBook
content will be of highest interest to libraries and academics
worldwide. We welcome Cornell on board as our sixth University Press
Partner in America.”

De Gruyter has been publishing first-class scholarship for more than
260 years. Headquartered in Berlin, the company group releases over
1,300 new titles each year in the humanities, social sciences,
medicine, natural sciences, and law; publishes more than 750 journals;
and offers a wide range of digital media. The company group includes
the imprints De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, Birkhäuser, De Gruyter
Mouton, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, De Gruyter Open, and De Gruyter Saur.
For more information, visit: www.degruyter.com.

Cornell University Press was established in 1869, giving it the
distinction of being the first university press to be established in
the United States, although it was inactive for several decades
between 1890 and 1930. From that beginning, the Press has grown to be
a major scholarly publisher, offering over 100 new titles a year in
the humanities and social sciences. Our many books in the life
sciences and natural history, including field guides, are published
under the Comstock Publishing Associates imprint, and a distinguished
list of books in labor and employment relations, the health care
professions, and human resources is offered under our ILR Press
imprint. http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/.

De Gruyter

Ulrike Lippe
Public Relations Manager
Telephone +49 (0)30-260 05 153
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Cornell University Press
Dean John Smith
Telephone +1 607-882-2226
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