Brandeis University Press Expands with UPNE Backlist
By Alex Green
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Apr 20, 2021
When the University Press of New England shuttered at the end of 2018, the region lost a unique publishing consortium with a diverse backlist that drew its collective strength from the specialization of its member presses. But UPNE’s backlist is not gone. Instead, it has been acquired by Brandeis University Press, which plans to use the titles to support its own expansion into some genres that have been underserved since UPNE’s closure.
The acquisition was finalized earlier this year, and includes sole ownership of UPNE’s titles and copyrights, which more than doubles BUP’s list to 700 books in-print. Dartmouth College, where UPNE was located, had co-managed the list with BUP for the previous two years and will retain sole ownership of UPNE titles published under the Dartmouth College Press.