Monsenstein und Vannerdat

Monsenstein und Vannerdat was a German publishing group founded in 1999 and headquartered in Münster. It grew out of the two founders' idea to publish comics by a mutual friend, and over the following years it developed into a multi-imprint publishing house with additional offices in Berlin, Leipzig and Munich. The group combined traditional book publishing with self-publishing and digital publication services, making it an early German example of a hybrid publisher that served both established authors and independent writers. The group housed several imprints with distinct profiles. Oktober Verlag in Münster focused on literature and criticism as well as football and beer culture. Prospero Verlag, with offices in Münster and Berlin, published literature, non-fiction and contemporary history. Edition Monsenstein und Vannerdat specialised in technology and illustration, and MV-Wissenschaft served as the academic imprint. Among the authors published across these imprints were Jost Baum, F. W. Bernstein, Eugen Egner, Erik Eriksson, Marion Gay, Hermann Kinder, Norbert Klugmann, Thomas Körner, Marek Krajewski, François Loeb, Michael Molsner, Nele Neuhaus, Günter Ohnemus, Jürgen Roth, Charlotte Worgitzky and Feridun Zaimoglu in fiction, and Christian Gellinek, Marcus Hammerschmitt, Heinrich Hannover, Bernhard Hassenstein, Bjørn Jagnow, Martin Jürgens, Marcus Klingberg, Ernst Piper, Stephan Reinhardt, Michael Ringel, Michael Rudolf and Eric W. Steinhauer in non-fiction. The house also issued new editions of historical titles by authors such as Karl Gutzkow and Christian Konrad Meurer. Beyond conventional publishing, Monsenstein und Vannerdat operated a self-publishing platform under the name ruckzuckbuch.de from 2000, offering book-on-demand services for self-published works. These titles appeared under the Edition Octopus imprint, where roughly 2,000 authors published their works, and many of the books were produced in the company's own printing facility. In the academic field, the group worked through hochschulverlage.de as a partner to universities, managing publication series and even the administrative operation of entire university presses. Partner institutions included the Technische Universität Ilmenau, the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, the Universität des Saarlandes, the Technische Universität Chemnitz, the Universität Flensburg, the International School of Management Dortmund, the Heinz Nixdorf Institut and the Hochschule Merseburg. The company also engaged in industry initiatives. It was a member of TheCompensators, an association founded by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research that enables companies and individuals to offset CO2 emissions by cancelling emission certificates. On 23 January 2013, according to a press release, Monsenstein und Vannerdat launched the "FAIRöffentlichen" certificate to counter disreputable pseudo-publishers and so-called vanity presses. Participating companies were to commit to fairness, transparent offers, clear author rights and sustainability, with an expert review commission awarding and potentially revoking the seal. After successful years in which the company published, among other works, a monumental volume on the automobile manufacturer Bugatti that sold out immediately, the publishing house had to file for insolvency on 15 July 2016. On 1 October 2016 the Amtsgericht Münster opened insolvency proceedings, and on 1 November 2016 the publishing house ceased operations. Tom van Endert, one of the two managing directors, subsequently transferred only the former Edition Monsenstein und Vannerdat segment, together with its authors and titles published to that point, into his new Karren-Verlag, which specialises exclusively in automotive-historical literature.

Monsenstein und Vannerdat was founded in 1999 in Münster, Germany. The idea for the publishing house came from the two founders' wish to publish comics by a mutual friend. Over the following years the company grew into a publishing group with several imprints and additional offices in Berlin, Leipzig and Munich. It published a broad range of literature, non-fiction and academic works, and at one point released a monumental volume about the automobile manufacturer Bugatti that sold out immediately. From 2000 the group operated the self-publishing platform ruckzuckbuch.de, offering book-on-demand services for self-published media. These works appeared under the Edition Octopus imprint, where around 2,000 authors published their books. Many of the titles were produced in the company's own printing facility. In the academic sector, the group worked through hochschulverlage.de as a partner to universities, managing publication series and the administrative operation of entire university presses. Partner institutions included the Technische Universität Ilmenau, the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, the Universität des Saarlandes, the Technische Universität Chemnitz, the Universität Flensburg, the International School of Management Dortmund, the Heinz Nixdorf Institut and the Hochschule Merseburg. The group housed several imprints: Oktober Verlag in Münster (literature and criticism, football and beer), Prospero Verlag in Münster and Berlin (literature, non-fiction and contemporary history), Edition Monsenstein und Vannerdat (technology and illustration) and MV-Wissenschaft (academic). Authors published by the group included Jost Baum, F. W. Bernstein, Eugen Egner, Erik Eriksson, Marion Gay, Hermann Kinder, Norbert Klugmann, Thomas Körner, Marek Krajewski, François Loeb, Michael Molsner, Nele Neuhaus, Günter Ohnemus, Jürgen Roth, Charlotte Worgitzky and Feridun Zaimoglu in fiction, and Christian Gellinek, Marcus Hammerschmitt, Heinrich Hannover, Bernhard Hassenstein, Bjørn Jagnow, Martin Jürgens, Marcus Klingberg, Ernst Piper, Stephan Reinhardt, Michael Ringel, Michael Rudolf and Eric W. Steinhauer in non-fiction. The house also issued new editions of historical titles by Karl Gutzkow and Christian Konrad Meurer. Monsenstein und Vannerdat was a member of TheCompensators, an association founded by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research that enables companies and individuals to offset CO2 emissions by cancelling emission certificates. On 23 January 2013, according to a press release, the company launched the "FAIRöffentlichen" certificate to counter disreputable pseudo-publishers and so-called vanity presses. Participating companies were to commit to fairness, transparent offers, clear author rights and sustainability, with an expert review commission awarding and potentially revoking the seal. After successful years, the publishing house had to file for insolvency on 15 July 2016. On 1 October 2016 the Amtsgericht Münster opened insolvency proceedings, and on 1 November 2016 the publishing house ceased operations. Tom van Endert, one of the two managing directors, subsequently transferred only the former Edition Monsenstein und Vannerdat segment, together with its authors and titles published to that point, into his new Karren-Verlag, which specialises exclusively in automotive-historical literature. The former website addresses of the three self-publishing services were bought by former competitors and now lead to other platforms with similar offerings, or in the case of Edition Octopus are no longer accessible.

• 2016

  Insolvency filed on 15 July; proceedings opened on 1 October; operations ceased on 1 November

• 2013

  FAIRöffentlichen certificate launched on 23 January

• 2000

  Self-publishing platform ruckzuckbuch.de launched

• 1999

  Founded in Münster, Germany

Hybrid publishing group combining trade and academic publishing with self-publishing and digital publication services.

• Oktober Verlag

  Imprint for literature and criticism, football and beer, based in Münster.

• Prospero Verlag

  Imprint for literature, non-fiction and contemporary history, based in Münster and Berlin.

• Edition Monsenstein und Vannerdat

  Imprint for technology and illustration.

• MV-Wissenschaft

  Academic publishing imprint.

• ruckzuckbuch.de

  Self-publishing platform offering book-on-demand services since 2000.

• Edition Octopus

  Imprint for books-on-demand authors, with around 2,000 authors published.

• hochschulverlage.de

  University cooperation service managing publication series and university presses.

• FAIRöffentlichen

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