[…] as the new revenues must be weighed in context of the entire economics of working with a commercial publisher versus self-publishing. For a large publisher, the inclusion of society journals in its packages is likewise beneficial, providing: High-value content. Society journals […]
[…] as the new revenues must be weighed in context of the entire economics of working with a commercial publisher versus self-publishing. For a large publisher, the inclusion of society journals in its packages is likewise beneficial, providing: High-value content. Society journals […]
[…] institutional sales that can be brought to bear by a large publisher. If you are a society that has been self-publishing for many decades, such effects may appear as only a recent headwind in a long publishing tradition. This headwind, […]
A look back at Joe Esposito’s 2008 essay on Open Access — what has come to pass and what has changed since then?
A reprint of an essay from 2008, which attempts to describe the evolution of open access publishing, Written before the astounding success of PLoS ONE, it outlines the link between open access publishing and the still-persistent traditional model.
[…] are these instances of disintermediation. An established mystery writer named Joe Konrath decided to move his books over to Amazon’s self-publishing service because of the promise of earning higher royalties. I doubt that there is a trade publisher in the […]
Publishers of subscription and open access scholarly content are facing downward pressures on pricing. Angela Cochran explores some of the hidden costs associated with a professional publishing operation and asks whether some of the tasks currently done by publishers should be absorbed elsewhere.
When you have to walk the talk, you end up self-publishing. Can it succeed for a work of fiction?
[…] industry. Auletta notes that Amazon is already actively exploring just this scenario along several fronts. They have set up a self-publishing division called CreateSpace (formerly BookSurge). They are also working directly with high-profile authors such as Stephen Covey. And there’s […]
[…] I am thinking of the special variety of Gold open access introduced as PLOS ONE. Trade publishers were dismissive of self-publishing, but for almost a decade now we have seen clear signs of its viability in scholarly publishing. Today self-publishing […]
Does the Wiley/DEAL Publish-and-Read agreement open new pathways to open access? And what’s a PAR anyway?
The self-publishing adventure that began here two years ago winds down. What worked? What didn’t?
Does the traditional society-publisher partnership contract make sense in an APC-fueled OA market? Angela Cochran reviews the new Wiley Partner Solutions offering and what that might mean for the future of contracts and guarantees.
[…] why don’t you just self-publish?” Eisler had also been talking with J.A. Konrath, an author who at first dabbled in self-publishing, slammed it for a period when he was being published traditionally, then returned when the traditional publisher became fickle. […]
When more and more societies move to commercial publisher partnerships, what happens to the vendor landscape? Angela Cochran looks at the current status and future implications.