14 Facts About MIT Press

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MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States).

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In January 2010 the MIT Press published its 9000th title, and in 2012 the Press celebrated its 50th anniversary, including publishing a commemorative booklet on paper and online.

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In July 2020, the MIT Press transitioned its worldwide sales and distribution to Penguin Random House Publisher Services.

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MIT Press primarily publishes academic and general interest titles in the fields of Art and Architecture; Visual and Cultural Studies; Cognitive Science; Philosophy; Linguistics; Computer Science; Economics; Finance and Business; Environmental Science; Political Science; Life Sciences; Neuroscience; New Media; and Science, Technology, and Society.

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MIT Press is a distributor for Semiotex, Goldsmiths Press, Strange Attractor Press, Sternberg Press, Terra Nova Press, Urbanomic, and Sequence Press.

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In 2000, the MIT Press created CogNet, an online resource for the study of the brain and the cognitive sciences.

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In 1981, the MIT Press published its first book under the Bradford Books imprint, Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology by Daniel C Dennett.

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MIT Press Bookstore, founded in 1980, is one of the only retail bookstores owned and operated by a university press.

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The MIT Press Bookstore moved to 314 Main Street in Kendall Square in 2021.

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MIT Press uses a colophon or logo designed by its longtime design director, Muriel Cooper, in 1962.

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MIT Press is a leader in open access book publishing.

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In 2021, the MIT Press launched Direct to Open, a framework for open access monographs.

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MIT Press Open Architecture and Urban Studies is a robust digital collection of classic and previously out-of-print architecture and urban studies books hosted on our digital book platform, MIT Press Direct.

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In 2019, the MIT Press partnered with Candlewick Press to launch two new imprints for young readers, MIT Kids Press and MITeen Press to publish books for children and young adults on STEAM topics.

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