Edwin Mellen Press

Edwin Mellen Press
StatusActive
Founded1972 (1972)
FounderHerbert W. Richardson
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationLewiston, New York
Queenston, Canada
Lampeter, Wales
DistributionSelf-distributed; worldwide
Publication typesPeer-reviewed academic and reference books
Nonfiction topicsHumanities, education, social science, arts, law
ImprintsMellen Biblical Press; Mellen Poetry Press
Official websitewww.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. 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.