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| founded =1974<ref name=report>{{cite report |author=Goss Gilroy Inc. Management Consultants |date=2004 |title=Formative Evaluation of the Aid to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP): Part II : Context for Scholarly Publishing |url=https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/about-au_sujet/publications/aspp_evaluation_part2_final_e.pdf |publisher=[[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] |page=10 |access-date=March 23, 2023}}</ref><br />
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| headquarters = [[Waterloo, Ontario]]<br />
| distribution = [[University of Toronto Press]] (Canada)<br>[[Ingram Publisher Services]] (US)<br>Eurospan (outside North America)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Retailers/Wholesalers – WLU Press| access-date = 2017-12-01| url = https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Order-Books/Retailers-Wholesalers}}</ref><br />
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'''Wilfrid Laurier University Press''', based in [[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]], [[Ontario]], is a publisher of scholarly writing and is part of [[Wilfrid Laurier University]]. The fourth-largest [[university press]] in Canada, WLUP publishes work in a variety of disciplines in the [[humanities]] and [[social sciences]] — [[literary criticism]], [[Native American studies|indigenous studies]], [[sociology]], [[environmental studies]], and [[history]] among them — as well as books of regional interest. Laurier Press also provides publishing services to scholarly associations and journals.<br />
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==History==<br />
The press was founded in 1974.<ref name=report/> They publish 20-25 titles per year and have 800 physical titles in print and digital formats. WLUP has been typesetting books from electronic files since 1984, and was one of the first publishers to have a web presence in 1994.<br />
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press distributes titles for the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, [[Toronto International Film Festival]] (in Canada) and the Cress Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay. WLUP is represented in the trade market by in Canada by Ampersand Inc., in the United States by Ingram Academic, and around the world by Eurospan. Wilfrid Laurier University Press is a member of the [[Association of University Presses]], the [[Association of Canadian University Presses]] (and through them, the [[International Publishers Association]]), the Association of Canadian Publishers, and the Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca Wilfrid Laurier University Press]<br />
*[http://scholars.wlu.ca/ Scholars Commons @ Laurier]<br />
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