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Berg Publishers

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History:
Berg Publishers was bought by managers Kathryn Earle and Sara Everett in 2003.
– Marion Berghahn founded Berghahn Books in 1994 after being forced out.
– Berg received awards from Book Industry Communication in 2007–2008 and 2008.
– Berg won the Independent Publishers Guilds 2008 Publishing Technology E-Publishing Award.
– By March 2008, Berg had published thirteen journals.

References:
Berg Publishers: Local publisher set for great things.
– History of Berghahn Books.
– About Berg.
– Publishers bought for £2m.
– List of Outstanding Titles – 2010.

Impact:
– Bloomsbury Publishing acquired Berg Publishers in September 2008 for £3,000,000.
– Since 2013, all Berg titles have been published under the Bloomsbury name.
– Berg’s collection of profitable digital strategies was recognized in March 2008.
– Berg’s e4books project was accredited in 2008.
– Berg’s journals have been published under the imprint Bloomsbury Academic.

Recognition:
– Berg received the BIC Product Data Excellence Gold Award.
– Berg won the Independent Publishers Guilds 2008 Publishing Technology E-Publishing Award.
– Social History Society placed Cultural and Social History with Berg in December 2006.
– The Independent Publishing Awards 2008 recognized Berg.
– Society for Scholarly Publishing acknowledged Berg’s achievements.

Rebranding:
– Continuum, Berg, and Bristol Classical Press were rebranded in November 2012.
– Rebranding press release was issued in November 2012.
Berg Publishers underwent rebranding.
– Continuum, Berg, and Bristol Classical Press were rebranded.
– Rebranding announcement was made in November 2012.

Berg Publishers (Wikipedia)

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. Berg published monographs, textbooks, reference works, and academic journals. It focused on fashion, design, anthropology, history, and cultural studies. Operations in providence began shortly after Berghahn's husband, historian Volker Berghahn, accepted a chair at Brown University in 1988.

Berg Publishers
StatusDefunct (2013)
Founded1983 (1983)
FounderMarion Berghahn
SuccessorBloomsbury Publishing
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationOxford
DistributionMacmillan Publishers (Except United States), Palgrave Macmillan (United States)
Publication typesBooks, academic journals
Fiction genresAcademic books, journals
Official websitewww.bergpublishers.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
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