Harvard University Press

Type: Business Segment
On the web: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/index.html

Harvard University Press (HUP) publishes books in the humanities, as well as the social and natural sciences. HUP was established in 1913 as the university press for Harvard University. It has published the works of notable authors such as T.S. Eliot, Igor Stravinsky, e.e. cummings, and Umberto Eco. In addition to contemporary authors, HUP also publishes the Loeb Classical Library series, which features ancient Greek and Latin literature in original text and English translation. The Press additionally operates a bookstore called the Display Room, located in Harvard Square, that is dedicated to selling HUP publications. HUP does not receive subsidies from Harvard University; its funding comes from an endowment.

Officers:
Director: William P. (Bill) Sisler
Publicity Manager, Europe: Fiona Wyatt
Marketing Director: Paul Adams

Competitors:
National Academies Press
OUP USA

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Harvard University Press

Type	Publishing House
Founded	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Headquarters	Cambridge, U.S.A.
Products	Books, Journals
Services	Publishing books
Parent	Harvard University
Website	www.hup.harvard.edu

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. It was established on January 13, 1913. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP). The current director is William P. Sisler and the editor-in-chief is Michael G. Fisher.

The press maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Harvard Square, and in London, England. The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on 18 June 2009 without explanation.

Notable HUP authors include Eudora Welty, Walter Benjamin, E. O. Wilson, John Rawls, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Jay Gould, Helen Vendler, and Carol Gilligan.

It owns the Belknap imprint and distributes the Loeb Classical Library and I Tatti Renaissance Library series.

Harvard University Press has lent its name to the Harvard comma, because the house manual of style favors its use.

External links

• Official site of Harvard University Press
• Publicity blog of Harvard University Press
• Official site of the Association of American University Presses
• Interview with bookdepository.co.uk

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