“I love the smell of book ink in the morning” – on the materiality of the academic and the niches of small publishers

What is it about?

Printed books remain essential in academic publishing, especially for humanities scholars, despite the rise of digital formats. Authors, libraries, and reviewers prefer print because it offers trust, durability, and ease of use, while digital formats often feel less tangible and harder to navigate. Small publishers like Mohr Siebeck must balance digital expansion with maintaining high-quality print books, as demand for physical copies remains strong.

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