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Rutgers University Press partners with Liverpool University Press for rights sales

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Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce that Rutgers University Press has partnered with Liverpool Rights Services (LRS) for exclusive representation of subsidiary rights globally. LRS will also be representing Rutgers University Press’s publishing partners, Templeton Press, Bucknell University Press, and University of Delaware Press.

Launched in October 2025, Liverpool Rights Services connects titles from university presses and mission-based publishers with rights buyers around the world, bringing exceptional works to a global audience of readers. LRS already represents works from Liverpool University Press, The British Academy, The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Clemson University Press, and the Voltaire Foundation.

The newly launched Liverpool Rights Services sits alongside Liverpool Distribution Services and Liverpool Subscription Services, which together provide print distribution, sales, marketing, and subscription management services for a range of mission-based publishers. Find out more >

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Rutgers University Press Director, Micah Kleit shared: “In a moment when we see the forces of consolidation at work across our industry, I’m pleased that our two presses have chosen the path of collaboration instead. I can think of no better partner in our push for growth than Anthony Cond and his colleagues at Liverpool University Press, a publisher of brilliant books with a global reach.”

Liverpool University Press Chief Executive, Anthony Cond added: “Rutgers University Press is a publisher of thought-provoking books and of enviable quality. We are delighted to work with Micah Kleit and his colleagues to expand the footprint of their outstanding work.”

More on Rutgers University Press:

Founded in 1936, and celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, Rutgers University Press is a nonprofit academic publishing house based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge to scholars, students, and the general reading public. The Press reflects and extends the University’s core mission of research, instruction, and service through the publication of exceptional works that shape critical issues, spark debate, and enrich teaching throughout the world for a wide range of readers.

More on Liverpool University Press:

Liverpool University Press (LUP) is the UK’s third oldest university press, with a distinguished history of publishing exceptional research since 1899, including the work of Nobel prize winners. LUP has rapidly expanded in recent years to become an award-winning academic publisher that produces approximately 200 books a year, over 50 journals, and more than a dozen digital collections.

For more information, please contact:

Ellen Appleton Digital Sales & Rights Manager (ellen.appleton@liverpool.ac.uk)


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