People, Library and Company Profiles

Martha Fogg

Managing Director Adam Matthew Digital Pelham House, London Road Marlborough, Wiltshire ENGLAND SN8 2AG Phone: +447795188727 <martha@amdigital.co.uk> amdigital.co.uk BORN AND LIVED: Marlborough, England. EARLY LIFE: Grew up in rural Wiltshire, England as one of a family of eight children. Educated at University College London (BA English Literature) and Royal Holloway, University of London (MA in Victorian Studies). PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND ACTIVITIES: Originally trained and worked as a librarian and in archives. Joined Adam Matthew Digital as the receptionist whilst studying for my Masters degree, and worked my way up from there. FAMILY: Married to Jim, whom I met in high school. I have three lovely children, Elwin (9), Hester (7) and Albert (3). IN MY SPARE TIME: Three young children keep us very busy, so my hobbies are mostly laundry and toy tidying! When I do find time, I love opera, theatre, and visiting art galleries. We have been lucky enough to take the kids all over the world but my favourite place on Earth is Greece, indulging my passion for ancient history. FAVORITE BOOKS: Middlemarch by George Eliot. PET PEEVES: As a former librarian, it has to be… misshelved books! PHILOSOPHY: Grasp life’s opportunities with both hands, even when they seem unachievable or terrifying … you can work out the details later. MOST MEMORABLE CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Becoming the new Managing Director of Adam Matthew Digital this year is the undoubted highlight in a career that I consider myself very fortunate to have spent at such an exciting, progressive and intereresting company. HOW/WHERE DO I SEE THE INDUSTRY IN FIVE YEARS: Publishers and libraries need to invest heavily in technology that makes hybrid teaching and learning much more effective. There is so much more we can do to make our content more easily discoverable, seamless to use, and better integrated into courses and learning platforms, whether that’s delivered remotely or in person. It’s an exciting prospect.

Linda McGrath

Executive Director, De Gruyter eBound De Gruyter 121 High Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02110 Phone: (857) 507-2233 <linda.mcgrath@degruyter.com> degruyter.com BORN AND LIVED: Born and raised in Germany, lived in Germany, France and the U.S. PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND ACTIVITIES: I started out in Online Marketing at De Gruyter over 11 years ago, and have been working in the Publisher Partner Team for 5 years now. FAMILY: Married, two kids. IN MY SPARE TIME: I’m a big fan of running and needle work, both while listening to audiobooks. FAVORITE BOOKS: There are too many books to choose from, but I have all-time favorite authors: E.M. Forster, Thomas Mann, Kazuo Ishiguro, Virginia Woolf just to name a few. HOW/WHERE DO I SEE THE INDUSTRY IN FIVE YEARS: I hope that in five years publishing will have become more diverse. There are many great initiatives out there, and I hope that they will have made a difference by then. Also, I think we’ll see a much greater share of OA publications in the humanities which will hopefully make academic research more equitable too.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH

(short: De Gruyter) Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49 30 260 05-0 Fax: +49 30 260 05-251 https://www.degruyter.com/ AFFILIATED COMPANIES: https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/ about-us/about-dg/our-imprints NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 380

HISTORY AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR COMPANY/

PUBLISHING PROGRAM: De Gruyter publishes first-class scholarship and has done so for more than 270 years. An international, independent publisher headquartered in Berlin – with offices in Boston, Beijing, Basel, Vienna, Warsaw, and Munich – it publishes more than 1,300 new book titles each year and more than 900 journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Medicine, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Law. The publishing house also offers a wide range of digital media, including Open Access journals and books. The group includes the imprints De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, Birkhäuser, De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, De Gruyter Saur, Düsseldorf University Press, Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV), and Jovis Verlag, as well as the publishing services provider Sciendo.