Berlin University Press
| Berlin University Press | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 2000 |
| Seat | Berlin (and Cologne ) |
| management | Lothar Wekel |
| Branch | Publishing |
| Website | berlinuniversitypress.de |
Berlin University Press (bup) is a book publisher with offices in Berlin and Cologne .
Name and story
It was founded in 2000 by Claus Michaletz and taken over by Gottfried Honnefelder in 2006 .
Berlin University Press is not a true university publisher like the university print shops in Oxford or Cambridge. Honnefelder described the naming as a “trick” in order to better market scientific books, but also non-fiction books , and to sell translations from English and into English under this image . There is a cooperation with Yale University Press from the USA. Regarding the name Berlin, Honnefelder said: "Berlin is a focus word for German science".
In 2010 the program was expanded to include a literary part. In autumn 2014, Honnefelder sold the publishing house to Lothar Wekel , owner of the Römerweg publishing house . The new owner plans to move the company headquarters to Wiesbaden .
Authors
More than 60 (as of 2009) scientific and literary titles have been published by bup.
The program includes authors such as José Casanova , Udo Di Fabio , Wolfgang Frühwald , Dieter Grimm , Ludger Honnefelder , Norbert Lammert , Klaus-Dieter Lehmann , Wolf Lepenies , Christoph Markschies , Viktor Mayer-Schönberger , Simon Conway Morris , Paul Nolte , Marcia Pally , Andrei Pleșu , Michael Sandel , Boualem Sansal , Wolfgang Schäuble , Werner Spies and Martin Walser .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Petra Kipphoff: Stroke of genius or Donkey quixote? . Zeit Online , December 26, 2007.
- ↑ a b Berlin University Press expands program . boersenblatt.net , December 16, 2009.
- ↑ a b c Lothar Wekel takes over Berlin University Press . boersenblatt.net , September 11, 2014.