A Humanities and Social Sciences Publishing Professionals Community of Interest Network is launching! An interview with facilitators Laura Ansley and Dawn Durante about the group and its focus –and how it’s meeting a clear need.
The University of Michigan Press discusses its burgeoning open access monograph program.
Robert Harington reviews Fred Dylla’s book, Scientific Journeys: A Physicist Explores the Culture, History and Personalities of Science, a collection of prose pieces that portray the author’s approach to a world of science and the science of the world.
The Oakland Public Library shows us what they’ve found.
Universities need democracy, and vice versa. An important book shows the 20th century history of that relationship in the United States, and offers a prescription for what we do now that both are imperiled.
A lesson in publishing’s past is provided by George Gissing’s Victorian Era novel.
The AUPresses Library Relations Committee asks Peter Berkery and Mary Lee Kennedy to share their thoughts about how relations between publishers and libraries have changed.
A Creative Commons license is irrevocable; it says so right in the license. But it also says you can change your mind and distribute the work differently, or not at all. What does this mean?
The research community is increasingly caught up in geopolitical events and strategies.
Meet Raheema Jalal and Roshan the camel, bringing books to children in rural Pakistan.
In a new twist on academic fraud, a company now offers to pay you to write and publish book reviews that will be credited to someone else.
If you can’t sneak your book into the library, then maybe a catchy tune can help with your sales.
My new favorite author strategy. Step 1) Write a compelling book. Step 2) Be sneaky.
Revisiting a 2017 post: The book is asked to perform many tasks, some of which are not necessarily the best use of the book format, whether in print or electronically. The long-form text, which may be print or digital, is a different matter, and is likely to remain with us and be called “a book” for some time to come.
The SSP’s Charleston Pre-Conference Session looked at key issues and challenges in OA monograph publishing as well as how best to evaluate new OA book models and their potential ROI.