Shaker Verlag
{{Short description|German publishing house}}
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| foundation = 1986
| founder = Dr. Chaled Shaker
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| location_country = Germany
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Shaker Verlag is a German publishing house located in Düren and Maastricht, established in 1986 by Dr. Chaled Shaker. Shaker Verlag is a publisher of scientific literature, especially monographs and dissertations. More than 20,000 booksShaker Verlag: [http://www.shaker.de/de/index.asp?lang=de 25 Jahre wissenschaftliches Publizieren.] Retrieved 26 August 2010 are in stock, many of them in English, also sold as PDF-files for immediate download. In addition, more than 400 series have been published (publications by scientific institutions, research results as well as conference and congress proceedings of European events and meetings).
In 2007, the subsidiary Shaker Media GmbH in Herzogenrath was formed to promote a hybrid solution combining the original publishing activity and modern Print on demand technology.{{Cite web |last1=Redaktion |last2=Tischer |first2=Wolfgang |date=2008-07-16 |title=Nachgefragt: Was macht eigentlich Shaker Media? |url=https://www.literaturcafe.de/was-macht-eigentlich-shaker-media/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=literaturcafe.de |language=de-DE}} In contrast to the main business, this company addresses the general book market. Similar to other Book on Demand services, anyone can upload a finished book without additional costs.
Criticism
Similarly to OmniScriptum, Shaker Verlag has been criticised of their lack of rigorous editing and non-existent peer review.
The house is recognised to have no academic reputation because of the lack of quality criteria.{{cite web |url=https://www.uibk.ac.at/ulb/services/predatorypublishing.html.en |title=Predatory Publishing |author= |date= |website= |publisher=University of Innsbruck |access-date=11 October 2019 |quote=}}
Furthermore, Shaker Verlag has been criticised for their aggressive e-mail campaigns.{{cite web |url=https://www.literaturcafe.de/shaker-media-werbemails/ |title=Shaker Media will offenbar mit Anwälten schäkern [Nachtrag] |author= |date= 14 June 2008|website= |publisher= |access-date=11 October 2019 |quote=}}
References
External links
- [http://www.shaker.de Shaker Verlag] (German and Dutch)
- [http://www.shaker-media.eu Shaker Media]
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Category:Publishing companies established in 1986