Company Background

Equinox Publishing Ltd is an independent academic publisher founded in London in 2003 by Janet Joyce. (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich> Blackwell Publishing> Pinter Publishers> Continuum > Equinox) and, since mid-2011, based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

We publish journals, textbooks, anthologies, monographs and reference books in the areas of archaeology, linguistics, cultural history, the academic study of religion,  cookery and popular music. Within the cookery and popular music lists we also publish books  that attract a more general readership (see subject area listings on this website). In 2023 we have a back list of more than 500 published books and are currently publishing around 50 books per calendar year as well 50 journals.

We have an international author base and audience and match this with worldwide marketing and distribution. North America accounts for nearly half our overall business and journals account for 65% of our turnover.

Professional Memberships:

We belong to the Independent Publishers Guild, the UK Serials Interest Group, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, Society for Scholarly Publishing and a number of academic learned societies.

See also: People at Equinox

For information about  trade distribution and how to order our books worldwide,  see the Book Trade page

For information regarding institutional journal subscriptions, see the Librarian and Subscription Agent page