Talk:Oxford University Press

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Help with this template Comments: University Press/Comments|action=edit}} edit – University Press/Comments|action=history}} history – University Press/Comments|action=watch}} watch – University Press|action=purge}} refresh Clearly the OUP is vitally important to outsiders' perceptions of Oxford. B-class because some sections aren't adequately referenced and there's a lack of detail in some areas -- look for the stub templates! Casper Gutman 08:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

The article says that OUP gives 30% of its after-tax income back to the university. But the prior sentence says that OUP is tax-exempt. This seems contradictory. Can someone fix this so that it makes more sense? 24.88.244.72 03:13, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, About OUP seems to have the same contradiction!

Serein 22:48, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I believes this refers to the OUP being exempt from corporation tax, but liable for Value Added Tax. PhilipPage 23:23, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Philip is correct. I have added an explanation of the tax puzzle to the page. http://rimibchatterjee.net 13:20, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright and references

1. Does the permission to use the material from the two chapters explicitly include making them PD, or subect to the GFDL?, or does the copyright owner have the impression that this material will appear only in WP? 2.What parts of the article have been reproduced from the book? They need to be marked either by quotation marks or as block quotes. 3. Has the editor who added the specific references to unpublished letters, etc, actually seen them, or even seen them reproduced, or are they only known from the book also cited? In any case, why are the detailed references ncessary here? DGG 18:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Erm, I wrote the book on OUP in India, and yes, I have seen the unpublished sources I refer to. I've used some of my research material in the raw form and some which I've cited in my book. Most of the letters are at the OUP archive at its headquarters in Oxford. I haven't used the exact form of words in my book (the article would have been three times as long) but have condensed and summarised for Wikipedia. I own the copyright of my book, and I've done this article exclusively for WP. When I began editing this page the book was not yet out hence the detailed references. I can update them now I guess. Rimi talk 05:40, 7 February 2007 (UTC) Also see Rimi B. Chatterjee for details of the book

[edit] Dominus Illuminatio Mea

Does anyone know why OUP ceased to use the Oxford emblem with the motto "Dominus Illuminatio Mea" on most of its new books sometime around 1998/99? Presumably there was a very good reason for abandoning one of the most prestigious and recognizable brand symbols in the world?

Also, does anyone know why "Sapiet Felici" or "Sapientia Felicitatis" were occasionally used in place of "Dominus Illuminatio Mea" on OUP dust jackets?

Oxford emblem - there was a redesign / branding exercise at that time, covering all OUP books rather than just the academic titles. On the titles that are aimed at an academic market, the crest and the motto make better sense, but OUP publishes worldwide and to a very large variety of markets. The aim was to provide a simple, clear, and uniform logo that would be used on all OUP books, marketing, letterheads, websites, etc.

I think it succeeded pretty well actually. Do you really think the crest and motto was one of the most prestigious and recognizable brand symbols in the world? I don't think our ELT customers would necessarily agree.Jenniscott (talk) 09:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)