Duncker & Humblot

Duncker & Humblot is rich in tradition for its academic publishing programme. In 1998 the publishing house celebrated its 200 years of existence. The publishing activity started in 1789 - after Heinrich Frölich had bought the Berlin privilege off the bookseller Friedrich Vieweg - with the publication of the Journal "Athenäum", edited by the brothers Schlegel in cooperation with Schleiermacher and Novalis. After Frölich's death, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker became the head of the publishing house, having bought it together with Pierre Humblot.
Over the years, Duncker & Humblot has published works of many famous authors and scholars, such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ("Des Epimenides Erwachen", "Briefwechsel mit Zelter"), E.T.A. Hoffmann ("Die Elixiere des Teufels"), La Motte-Fouqué (Undine) and many others until 1850. From a very early stage on the main emphasis of Duncker & Humblot lay on academic publishing, especially in the field of Philosophy (first complete edition of Hegel) and History (complete works of Leopold von Ranke). In the second half of the 19th century the publishing house had been transferred to the bookseller Geibel and had moved to Leipzig. From this time on, Economics and Social Sciences (for example the "Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik") as well as Law and Political Science (for example "Bindings Handbuch der gesamten Rechtswissenschaft") enlargened the publishing catalogue.
In the 1920s - Duncker & Humblot had now moved its headquarters to Munich - Ludwig Feuchtwanger (the brother of author Lion Feuchtwanger) was the academic head of the publishing house. The cooperation with the the important, but controversial constitutional lawyer and law professor Carl Schmitt started in 1919. In 1938 Johannes Broermann purchased Duncker & Humblot from the former owner Geibel and took the publishing house back to Berlin. Broermann had been press officer in the Reich's ministry of the interior until the Nazis came to power in 1933, when he was removed from there as an opponent of the new regime. After the Second World War he reconstructed the publishing house. After Broermann's death professor Dr. jur. h.c. Norbert Simon took over the publishing house. In July 2002 Florian Simon (LL.M) became part of the management. In Dezember 2002 the business organisation has been changed. Prof. N. Simon now holds a share of business of 51 %, Dr. Florian Simon has 49%.

http://www.duncker-humblot.de

Harrassowitz

HARRASSOWITZ, Booksellers and Subscription agents, has a long history of service to scholarly and academic libraries. Begun in 1872 as an antiquarian bookseller in Leipzig, the company has grown and adapted to keep pace with advances in the information industry.
In 1882, HARRASSOWITZ acquired its first American customer, Harvard University. By 1885, the American presence had grown enough to require the establishment of a separate department to serve American customers. After World War II, the company, having sustained severe losses, reestablished itself in Wiesbaden.
During the 1980's HARRASSOWITZ substantially increased its services to include subscriptions to European Scientific, Technical and Medical journals to libraries all over the world. The late 80's and the 90's saw gradual automation of company's catalogs and ordering systems, until we now provide online access and ordering directly to our customers. As electronic journals began to become available, HARRASSOWITZ was among the first agencies to facilitate subscriptions, and we now offer full subscription services to all scholarly journals, print and electronic, worldwide.

http://www.harrassowitz.de

Massmann

The company Massmann International Booksellers was founded in 1989 by trained booksellers Dorothea and Kay Massmann in Hamburg and has operated since then as supplier and service provider for university and research libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany. We specialise in the procurement of books and monographic continuation orders from german and foreign publishers and run a large journals department. Our service includes procurement of software, eBooks and CD-ROMs too.
Our innovative company employs fourteen permanent, qualified members of staff, who pass on their knowledge and experience to younger members. At present there are three such trainees. In this way we demonstrate social responsibility and fulfill the requirements for government contracts while laying the foundation for meeting the high and varied demands of our customers with a qualified team.
We have a clear policy of closely following the needs and expectations of our customers and providing a professional service. This includes quick and effective responses to changes in the procurement and distribution markets. Short processing and delivery times, online status reports on current orders, taking over outsourcing projects and our well-trained staff, who understand the special requirements of libraries, are the basis for our long-standing, trustworthy business relationships. Two of our main company aims are the maintenance and promotion of our creative and innovative approach in order to ensure a high degree of customer satisfaction and permanent improvement of processing methods for the benefit of our customers.

http://www.massmann.de

Schweitzer Fachinformationen

Schweitzer Fachinformationen ist eine der führenden Fachbuchhandelsgruppen in Deutschland. Sie ist an 32 Standorten in 23 Städten präsent und vereint eine hohe lokale Beratungskompetenz in den Schwerpunkten Recht, Wirtschaft, Steuern durch ihre Ladengeschäfte vor Ort mit einer individuellen Beratungsleistung zur Optimierung kundenseitiger Beschaffungsprozesse für Unternehmen, Kanzleien und den öffentlichen Bereich. E-Procurement, individuelle Intranet- und Fulfillmentkonzepte sowie die bundesweite Logistik machen Schweitzer Fachinformationen zum starken Partner in Sachen Literaturbeschaffung.
Der Schwerpunkt des Angebots von Schweitzer Fachinformationen liegt zwar auf der Beschaffung von Fachinformationen für die Rechts-, Steuer- und Wirtschaftspraxis. Genauso vertraut sind uns allerdings technische oder medizinische Fachliteratur. Unter den vielen Standorten von Schweitzer Fachinformationen findet sich immer die richtige Fachbuchhandlung auch für Sie.
Zudem besorgt Ihnen jede Buchhandlung von Schweitzer Fachinformationen umgehend jedes lieferbare Buch, jede Zeitschrift - grundsätzlich alles, was als Printprodukt oder im E-Format aus dem In- und Ausland erhältlich ist.
Dies wird ergänzt durch ein umfassendes Serviceangebot: von der kompetenten Beratung in der Buchhandlung und per Telefon bis hin zum kundenspezifischen Intranet für E-Procurement, kombiniert mit maßgeschneiderten Logistikprozessen.
Der Ursprung von Schweitzer Fachinformationen fiel in das Jahr 1868, als Johann Baptist Schweitzer eine Buchhandlung, das J. Schweitzer Sortiment gründete. Heute umfasst die Gruppe 30 Buchhandlungen in 23 Städten, einschließlich einer Import- / Exportbuchhandlung in New York für die schnelle und zuverlässige Belieferung nordamerikanischer Medien über jede Buchhandlung von Schweitzer Fachinformationen.

http://www.schweitzer-online.de

Springer

Knowledge, information and quality - these are the three things that shape Springer Science+Business Media's business activities. We develop, manage and disseminate knowledge - through books, journals and the Internet. We work with the world's best academics and authors in long-standing loyal partnerships based on mutual trust and we are always open to new input.
We aim to offer excellence - more than 150 Nobel prize-winners have published with Springer to the present date. Many of our publications are considered authoritative works in their field, read by academics and students, used by libraries and universities, academic professionals and practitioners in various branches of industry.

http://www.springer.com

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht in Göttingen, Germany, has been publishing academic literature since 1735. It ranks among the oldest independent publishing houses in the world.
More than 250 new books are published annually. Traditionally, the publisher's expertise is in the humanities, especially in academic literature for theology and religion, history and other humanities. Supply of literature for professional use has gained equal prominence. Professionals from the HR sector, in psychological counselling and the church as well as school teachers find their books at Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

http://www.v-r.de