Berg Publishers was an academic publishing company based in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England and Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It was founded in the United Kingdom in 1983 by Marion Berghahn.[1][2] Berg published monographs, textbooks, reference works, and academic journals. It focused on fashion, design, anthropology, history, and cultural studies.[3] Operations in providence began shortly after Berghahn's husband, historian Volker Berghahn, accepted a chair at Brown University in 1988.[2]
| Status | Defunct (2013) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Marion Berghahn |
| Successor | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | Oxford |
| Distribution | Macmillan Publishers (Except United States), Palgrave Macmillan (United States) |
| Publication types | Books, academic journals |
| Fiction genres | Academic books, journals |
| Official website | www |
History
editIn 2003, Berg Publishers was bought from its owners by its managers Kathryn Earle and Sara Everett.[4] The original owner, Marion Berghahn, was forced out in 1994 and immediately founded Berghahn Books, a leading academic publisher in the fields of anthropology and social sciences.[5]
The Book Industry Communication (BIC), a trade standards group for electronic commerce and supply chain efficiency, awarded Berg its BIC Product Data Excellence Gold Award in 2007–2008[6] and its e4books project accredited Berg in 2008.[7] Berg won the Independent Publishers Guild's 2008 Publishing Technology E-Publishing Award for its collection of profitable digital strategies in March 2008.[8]
By March 2008, Berg had published thirteen journals.[9] In September 2008, Bloomsbury Publishing bought Berg Publishers for £3,000,000 (US$3,569,535).[10] Since 2013, all Berg titles have been published under the Bloomsbury name (under the imprint Bloomsbury Academic).
References
edit- ^ "Berg Publishers: Local publisher set for great things". Archived from the original on 6 April 2006.
- ^ a b "History of Berghahn Books". www.berghahnbooks.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "About Berg". Archived from the original on 21 May 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
- ^ "Publishers bought for £2m". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "List of Outstanding Titles - 2010". Choice Reviews Online. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Earle, Kathryn (13 December 2006). "Social History Society places 'Cultural and Social History' with Berg" (open email). LIBLICENSE. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Berg Publishers". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ Shine, Bridget (March 2008). "The Independent Publishing Awards 2008". Independent Publishers Guild. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Society for Scholarly Publishing — Member News Releases". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
- ^ Press release "Rebranding of Continuum, Berg and Bristol Classical Press". November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.