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Amherst College Press, founded in 2014, is a new university press (NUP) sponsored by Amherst College, Massachusetts that specializes in open-access monographs. Initially organized by members of the Amherst College Library, the press issues books via the Fulcrum publishing platform. The press, which is currently an affiliate of the Association of University Presses, publishes all of its digital work through platinum open access licenses.

Amherst College Press, in partnership with Michigan Publishing and the Oberlin Group of Libraries, helped launch Lever Press in 2016.

Publications

Book series

Notable book and monograph series published by Amherst College Press include the following:

• "Public Works: Insights from the Humanities on Issues in the Public Square"
• "Studies in Ethnomusicology"

See also

• List of English-language book publishing companies
• List of university presses
• Michigan Publishing

References

1. Adema, Janneke; Stone, Graham (2017). "The Surge in New University Presses and Academic- Led Publishing: An Overview of a Changing Publishing Ecology in the UK". LIBER Quarterly. 27 (1): 97–126. doi:10.18352/lq.10210. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
2. "About Amherst College Press". Amherst College. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
3. Kim, Andrew (March 13, 2014). "Press Aims to Provide Free Digital Content for All". The Amherst Student. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
4. Howard, Jennifer (February 4, 2013). "For New Ideas in Scholarly Publishing, Look to the Library". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
5. ^ Bouloukos, Beth M. (November 9, 2022). "Varieties of University Press Business Models V: Open Access" (Guest post). H-Net. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
6. "Our Members". Association of University Presses. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
7. ^ "Amherst College Press". Directory 2016: Information on Scholarly Presses in the U.S., Canada, and Overseas. Washington, DC: Association of American University Presses. 2016. pp. 30–31.
8. Free, David (2016). "Oberlin Group, Partners launch Lever Press". College & Research Libraries News. 77 (2): 58. doi:10.5860/crln.77.2.9440. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

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• Amherst College Press

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