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06 November 2007, Leeds, UK

Maney Publishing to publish American Name Society journal

Maney Publishing is to undertake publication of Names: A Journal of Onomastics on behalf of the American Name Society (ANS) from 2008. 

Names is one of the world's leading onomastic journals and, since the first issue in 1952, has published articles, reviews, and notes on aspects of name study such as literary onomastics, personal names, placenames and names of organizations.

The incoming Editor for 2008 is Professor Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA: “Maney's experience in working on society journals was key in our decision to entrust the publishing of Names to them. I am sure the journal will thrive through this new partnership and am excited about the opportunities for growth in the European onomastics community that this will bring.”

Mark Simon, Publishing Director at Maney Publishing, welcomes the journal: “Names is an excellent addition to our humanities list, complementing our social history titles and expanding our list in the field of linguistics. We are greatly looking forward to working with the American Name Society to build on the journal's reputation for new research in this fascinating field.”

This new partnership with the ANS comes as Maney announces the appointment of Kimberly Martin as Executive Publisher in the US, who will build on Maney's reputation for society publishing in the States. Editors and societies in the US who would like to talk to Kimberly about publishing with Maney can email her at k.martin@maneyusa.com.

For more information about Names please visit www.maney.co.uk/journals/nam. The journal will join the recently announced online MORE Language and Literature Collection on IngentaConnect in 2008. For more information on the journals available in the collection please visit www.ingentaconnect.com/content/collection/maney_language 

NOTES TO EDITORS

About the American Name Society

The American Name Society was founded in 1951 to promote onomastics, the study of names and naming practices, both in the United States and abroad. It is a non-profit organization that seeks to find out what really is in a name, and to investigate cultural insights, settlement history, and linguistic characteristics revealed in names. A subscription to the journal is one of the benefits of membership in ANS. For more information please visit www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS 

About Maney Publishing

Maney Publishing was founded in 1900 and has offices in the UK in Leeds and London, and in North America. With a collection of more than 70 journals in materials sciences, the humanities, and healthcare, Maney is committed to publishing high quality journals in print and electronic formats that are international in scope and peer-reviewed. Maney publishes extensively for learned societies, universities and professional bodies. Please visit www.maney.co.uk for more information.

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