Effective of 1 January 2025, Liverpool University Press has partnered with Durnell Marketing for exclusive print sales representation in continental Europe (excluding Spain and Portugal), Central Asia, the Caucasus, Middle East, and North Africa. The agreement includes the recently launched Liverpool Distribution Services, and the lists of the international university presses it represents in the region; University of Georgia Press, University of Michigan Press and Michigan Publishing Services.

With a proven track record of over 30 years’ experience, Durnell Marketing provides a vital face to face service for publishers across mainland Europe and Ireland. The dynamic, multilingual team takes an in-depth, personalised, and responsive approach, with customers’ needs at the heart of their business. In 2024, Durnell Marketing acquired Avicenna Partnership Ltd; a UK-based company founded in 2003 with extensive sales reach and experience in Middle Eastern and North African countries.

All print sales within the regions will continue to be fulfilled via LUP’s distribution partner in the UK, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

LUP’s Director of Sales & Marketing, Jennie Collinson, said “LUP is delighted to partner with Durnell Marketing and benefit from their years of experience in the region. We’re excited to see how the relationship can further expand the Press’ reach within the library market in continental Europe, and especially in the MENA region through the acquisition of Avicenna and the work of its knowledgeable team.”

Durnell Marketing’s Managing Director, James Dunphy, adds “We are thrilled to partner with Liverpool University Press, one of the UK’s most distinguished academic publishers, to represent their exciting list in Europe and the MENA region. This partnership aligns perfectly with our mission to connect publishers with key markets, and we look forward to collaborating with the team at Liverpool University Press to drive growth and success for their publications in these dynamic regions.”

Contacts
Janet McDermott, Trade Marketing Manager at Liverpool University Press janet.mcdermott@liverpool.ac.uk
Bianca Belcher, Senior Sales Manager at Durnell Marketing team@durnell.co.uk

About Liverpool University Press
Founded in 1899 and rapidly expanding over the past two decades, LUP publishes around 200 books a year, 50 journals, and more than a dozen digital collections. It is also the home of a number of partner imprints for organisations such as the Voltaire Foundation, Historic England, Clemson University Press and the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization.

About Liverpool Distribution Services
Liverpool Distribution Servies offers a boutique sales, marketing and distribution service to university presses that aims to provide a genuine sense of transatlantic university press partnership. It sits alongside the well-established Liverpool Subscription Services, which provides subscriptions management for a range of university presses and mission-based publishers.

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