Lever Press

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Lever Press is a university press, based out of Ann Arbor, MI. Though founded in 2016 with the help of Michigan Publishing, Amherst College Press, and the Oberlin Group,{{cite web |date=January 7, 2016 |title=Michigan Publishing collaborates to launch Lever Press |url=https://news.umich.edu/michigan-publishing-collaborates-to-launch-lever-press/ |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Michigan News |publisher=University of Michigan}}{{Cite journal |last=Free |first=David |date=2016 |title=Oberlin Group, Partners launch Lever Press |url=https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/9440/10667 |journal=College & Research Libraries News |volume=77 |issue=2 |pages=58 |access-date=February 24, 2023}} Lever Press is not affiliated with a single university. Instead, it represents a consortium of universities, each of which helps govern and guide the press.{{cite web |title=About Lever Press |url=https://www.leverpress.org/about/ |publisher=Lever Press |access-date=February 10, 2023}} All publications issued by the press are released as open access works, with the cost of production being paid for by the participating universities.{{cite web |title=Michigan Publishing Launches Lever Press |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=597 |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=February 10, 2023 |date=January 8, 2016}} The press is a member of the Association of University Presses.{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=Association of University Presses}}