{{Short description|German publishing house}} {{Infobox company | name = Shaker Verlag | logo = | type = | genre = Publishing house | foundation = 1986 | founder = Dr. Chaled Shaker | location_city = [[Düren]] / [[Maastricht]] | location_country = [[Germany]] | location = | locations = | area_served = [[Europe]] | key_people = | industry = | products = books | services = | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = http://www.shaker.de | footnotes = | intl = }}
'''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 [[monograph]]s and [[dissertation]]s. More than 20,000 books<ref name="sv">Shaker Verlag: [http://www.shaker.de/de/index.asp?lang=de ''25 Jahre wissenschaftliches Publizieren.''] Retrieved 26 August 2010</ref> are in stock, many of them in English, also sold as [[PDF]]-files for immediate download. In addition, more than 400 series<ref name="sv" /> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="uibk">{{cite web |url=https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/university-and-state-library/publication-services/predatory-publishing/publication-of-university-theses/ |title=Predatory Publishing |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=University of Innsbruck |access-date=9 January 2026 |quote=}}</ref>
Furthermore, Shaker Verlag has been criticised for their aggressive e-mail campaigns.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.literaturcafe.de/shaker-media-werbemails/ |title=Shaker Media will offenbar mit Anwälten schäkern [Nachtrag] |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 14 June 2008|website= |publisher= |access-date=11 October 2019 |quote=}}</ref><ref name="uibk"/>
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==External links== * [http://www.shaker.de Shaker Verlag] (German and Dutch) * [http://www.shaker-media.eu Shaker Media] {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
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[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1986]] [[Category:Book publishing companies of Germany]] [[Category:1986 establishments in West Germany]]