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15    <meta name="description" content="meson press publishes research on digital cultures and networked media. Our open access publications challenge contemporary theories and advance key debates in the humanities of today.
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21We combine a rigorous peer-review with hybrid formats and collaborative production methods. As a cooperative, meson press is organized in a participated setup. This allows scholars to take part in a publishing venture by academics for academics and for everyone else who is curious about theory.
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23In the hybrid environment of today’s scholarly publishing, form follows function in a new manner. meson press books take pride in the haptic elegance of print and are designed to transfer this to a digital set-up. To ensure this, our print and digital editions have been developed in collaboration with the Berlin based book and web designers Torsten Köchlin and Silke Krieg.
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25meson press books are printed on-demand and distributed worldwide to be available far beyond Europe including the UK, US, and South America. Our digital editions are available for free download on the internet. To ensure the authors’ rights as well as the openness of published monographs, meson press is committed to publish under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license if possible.
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27meson press is a cooperative initiated by Mercedes Bunz, Marcus Burkhardt and Andreas Kirchner, and grew out of the Hybrid Publishing Lab, Leuphana University of Lüneburg that looked into the effects of digitalization on academic communication and publishing.
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29We are a founding member of ScholarLed, a consortium of Open Access Presses bringing together a group of scholar-led academic book publishers, and a member of the Radical Open Access Collective.
30Financial Supporters
31meson press is grateful for financial support provided by the following institutions, who are supporters of our library membership offer, made available via the Open Book Collective:
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34 	Brock University
35 	Delft University of Technology
36 	Fondren Library, Rice University
37 	Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
38 	Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire (IReL Consortium)
39 	KU Leuven
40 	Max Planck Digital Library
41 	National Library of Scotland
42 	Ohio State University 
43 	Philipps-Universität Marburg
44 	UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Sikt Consortium)
45 	Swansea University
46 	Tilburg University
47 	Trinity College Dublin (IReL Consortium)
48 	University College Dublin (IReL Consortium)
49 	University of Bristol
50 	University of Cambridge
51 	University of Edinburgh
52 	University of Exeter
53 	University of Groningen
54 	University of Leeds
55 	University of Loughborough
56 	University of Manchester
57 	University of Newcastle
58 	University of Nottingham
59 	University of Sheffield
60 	University of Southampton
61 	University of Sussex
62 	University of Arts London
63 	University of York
64 	Utrecht University
65 	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
66 	York University Libraries Toronto
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75We combine a rigorous peer-review with hybrid formats and collaborative production methods. As a cooperative, meson press is organized in a participated setup. This allows scholars to take part in a publishing venture by academics for academics and for everyone else who is curious about theory.
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77In the hybrid environment of today’s scholarly publishing, form follows function in a new manner. meson press books take pride in the haptic elegance of print and are designed to transfer this to a digital set-up. To ensure this, our print and digital editions have been developed in collaboration with the Berlin based book and web designers Torsten Köchlin and Silke Krieg.
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79meson press books are printed on-demand and distributed worldwide to be available far beyond Europe including the UK, US, and South America. Our digital editions are available for free download on the internet. To ensure the authors’ rights as well as the openness of published monographs, meson press is committed to publish under a Creative 
79Commons CC-BY-SA license if possible.
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81meson press is a cooperative initiated by Mercedes Bunz, Marcus Burkhardt and Andreas Kirchner, and grew out of the Hybrid Publishing Lab, Leuphana University of Lüneburg that looked into the effects of digitalization on academic communication and publishing.
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83We are a founding member of ScholarLed, a consortium of Open Access Presses bringing together a group of scholar-led academic book publishers, and a member of the Radical Open Access Collective.
84Financial Supporters
85meson press is grateful for financial support provided by the following institutions, who are supporters of our library membership offer, made available via the Open Book Collective:
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87 	Bath Spa University
88 	Brock University
89 	Delft University of Technology
90 	Fondren Library, Rice University
91 	Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
92 	Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire (IReL Consortium)
93 	KU Leuven
94 	Max Planck Digital Library
95 	National Library of Scotland
96 	Ohio State University 
97 	Philipps-Universität Marburg
98 	UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Sikt Consortium)
99 	Swansea University
100 	Tilburg University
101 	Trinity College Dublin (IReL Consortium)
102 	University College Dublin (IReL Consortium)
103 	University of Bristol
104 	University of Cambridge
105 	University of Edinburgh
106 	University of Exeter
107 	University of Groningen
108 	University of Leeds
109 	University of Loughborough
110 	University of Manchester
111 	University of Newcastle
112 	University of Nottingham
113 	University of Sheffield
114 	University of Southampton
115 	University of Sussex
116 	University of Arts London
117 	University of York
118 	Utrecht University
119 	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
120 	York University Libraries Toronto
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122Once a year, we report to the Open Book Collective. Find this year's annual report here." />
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273			<p>meson press publishes research on digital cultures and networked media. Our open access publications challenge contemporary theories and advance key debates in the humanities of today.</p>
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277<p>We combine a rigorous peer-review with hybrid formats and collaborative production methods. As a cooperative, meson press is organized in a participated setup. This allows scholars to take part in a publishing venture by academics for academics and for everyone else who is curious about theory.</p>
278<p>In the hybrid environment of today’s scholarly publishing, form follows function in a new manner. meson press books take pride in the haptic elegance of print and are designed to transfer this to a digital set-up. To ensure this, our print and digital editions have been developed in collaboration with the Berlin based book and web designers Torsten Köchlin and Silke Krieg.</p>
279<p>meson press books are printed on-demand and distributed worldwide to be available far beyond Europe including the UK, US, and South America. Our digital editions are available for free download on the internet. To ensure the authors’ rights as well as the openness of published monographs, meson press is committed to publish under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license if possible.</p>
280<p>meson press is a cooperative initiated by Mercedes Bunz, Marcus Burkhardt and Andreas Kirchner, and grew out of the Hybrid Publishing Lab, Leuphana University of Lüneburg that looked into the effects of digitalization on academic communication and publishing.</p>
281<p>We are a founding member of <a class="more_info" href="https://scholarled.org/">ScholarLed</a>, a consortium of Open Access Presses bringing together a group of scholar-led academic book publishers, and a member of the <a class="more_info" href="http://radicaloa.disruptivemedia.org.uk/">Radical Open Access Collective</a>.</p>
282<h2>Financial Supporters</h2>
283<p>meson press is grateful for financial support provided by the following institutions, who are supporters of our <a class="more_info" href="https://openbookcollective.org/view/initiative/8/summary/">library membership offer</a>, made available via the <a class="more_info" href="https://openbookcollective.org/">Open Book Collective</a>:</p>
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285<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/library/">Bath Spa University</a></li>
286<li><a class="more_info" href="https://brocku.ca/library/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brock University</a></li>
287<li><a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/en/library">Delft University of Technology</a></li>
288<li><a href="https://library.rice.edu/">Fondren Library, Rice University</a></li>
289<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/home_en.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goethe-Universität Frankfurt</a></li>
290<li><a href="https://library.iadt.ie/">Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire (IReL Consortium)</a></li>
291<li><a class="more_info" href="https://bib.kuleuven.be/english" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KU Leuven</a></li>
292<li><a href="https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/">Max Planck Digital Library</a></li>
293<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.nls.uk/">National Library of Scotland</a></li>
294<li><a class="more_info" href="https://library.osu.edu/">Ohio State University </a></li>
295<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/ub">Philipps-Universität Marburg</a></li>
296<li><a href="https://en.uit.no/ub">UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Sikt Consortium)</a></li>
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297<a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/library/">Swansea University</a></li>
298<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/campus/university-library">Tilburg University</a></li>
299<li><a href="https://www.tcd.ie/library/">Trinity College Dublin (IReL Consortium)</a></li>
300<li><a href="https://www.ucd.ie/library/">University College Dublin (IReL Consortium)</a></li>
301<li><a class="more_info" href="http://www.bris.ac.uk/library/">University of Bristol</a></li>
302<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Cambridge</a></li>
303<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery">University of Edinburgh</a></li>
304<li><a href="https://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/library/">University of Exeter</a></li>
305<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.rug.nl/library/?lang=en">University of Groningen</a></li>
306<li><a href="https://library.leeds.ac.uk/">University of Leeds</a></li>
307<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/library">University of Loughborough</a></li>
308<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Manchester</a></li>
309<li><a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/library">University of Newcastle</a></li>
310<li><a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/">University of Nottingham</a></li>
311<li><a href="https://sheffield.ac.uk/library">University of Sheffield</a></li>
312<li><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/library/index.page">University of Southampton</a></li>
313<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/">University of Sussex</a></li>
314<li><a href="https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/library-services">University of Arts London</a></li>
315<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.york.ac.uk/library/">University of York</a></li>
316<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.uu.nl/en/university-library">Utrecht University</a></li>
317<li><a class="more_info" href="https://vu.nl/en">Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam</a></li>
318<li><a class="more_info" href="https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">York University Libraries Toronto</a></li>
319</ul>
320<p>Once a year, we report to the Open Book Collective. Find this year&#8217;s annual report <a href="https://meson.press/about/obc-annual-report-2025/">here</a>.</p>
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