Edwin Mellen Press

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Edwin Mellen Press

Status	Active
Founded	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Founder	Herbert W. Richardson
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Lewiston, New York Queenston, Canada Lampeter, Wales
Distribution	Self-distributed; worldwide
Publication types	Peer-reviewed academic and reference books
Nonfiction topics	Humanities, education, social science, arts, law
Imprints	Mellen Biblical Press; Mellen Poetry Press
Official website	www.mellenpress.com

The Edwin Mellen Press, sometimes stylised as Mellen Press, is an academic publisher. It was founded in 1972 by theology professor Herbert W. Richardson.^[1] It has been involved in a number of notable legal and academic controversies, sometimes being labeled as a vanity press. Most, but not all, of its published works are in English.^[a]

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