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Guest Post — Open Access for Monographs is Here. But Are we Ready for It?

Reporting on a Mellon-funded open access monograph pilot, UNC Press Director John Sherer notes successes and remaining challenges.

  • By John Sherer
  • Mar 23, 2023
  • 11 Comments

Guest Post — In Tough Times the Key is to Think Differently

Alan Harvey from Stanford University Press discusses their evolving strategy in turbulent times.

  • By Alan Harvey
  • Mar 8, 2023
  • 5 Comments

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Charles Watkinson

Robert Harington talks to Charles Watkinson, Associate University Librarian for Publishing at the University of Michigan and Director of the University of Michigan Press, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Mar 6, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Will Humanities and Social Sciences Publishing Consolidate?

Much of the scholarly publishing sector has already experienced a flight to scale. Today, Roger Schonfeld asks: Is a major consolidation among humanities and social sciences publishers coming next?

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Feb 22, 2023
  • 22 Comments

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Mandy Hill

Robert Harington talks to Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press in this new series of perspectives from some of publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jan 23, 2023
  • 3 Comments

Guest Post — Charleston 2022 — Finding Paths to Open Access Book Publishing

Erich van Rijn looks at the University of California’s Luminos open access books program and reviews lessons learned and what is needed for such programs to succeed.

  • By Erich van Rijn
  • Nov 17, 2022
  • 11 Comments

Guest Post — Beyond the “Accidental Profession”: Bringing More Structure, Equity, and Respect to Scholarly Publishing Employment

Charles Watkinson and Lisa Bayer discuss the work of the SSP and AUPresses’ Joint Task Force on Career Progression, aimed at better categorizing publishing positions and promotional pathways.

  • By Charles Watkinson, Lisa Bayer
  • Sep 12, 2022
  • 1 Comment

The SSP Humanities Community Network Lifts Off

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.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Aug 25, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Guest Post — The Monograph and the Mission: University of Michigan Pledges $1.2 Million to Fund Open Access Book Publishing

The University of Michigan Press discusses its burgeoning open access monograph program.

  • By Elizabeth Demers, Kristen Twardowski, Charles Watkinson
  • Aug 24, 2022
  • 0 Comments

 Guest Post — What Do Library-Publisher Relations Look Like in 2022?

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.

  • By Annie Johnson, Ana Maria Jimenez-Moreno
  • May 12, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Guest Post: Scholarly Book Publishing Workflows and Implications for RIM Systems

The ability to harvest and reuse publications metadata at scale is good for STEM journal articles but poor for monographs, with significant implications for RIM systems. Why is this so? 

  • By Rebecca Bryant, Charles Watkinson, Rebecca Welzenbach
  • Dec 6, 2021
  • 0 Comments

Guest Post — Pandemic Disruptor: Canadian Perspectives on how COVID-19 is Changing Open Access (Part 1)

A look at open access policies and developments in Canada, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 1 of a 2 part post.

  • By Leigh-Ann Butler, Shannon Cobb, Michael R. Donaldson
  • Nov 8, 2021
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Scaffolding a Shift to a Values-driven Open Books Ecosystem

Emily Farrell from MIT Press discusses how collective open book models offer a chance to help many stakeholders across academic publishing share expertise to make processes easier, costs lower, and access to knowledge more collaborative.

  • By Emily Farrell
  • May 12, 2021
  • 6 Comments

The AUPresses Global Partner Program Begins: An Interview with the Partner Presses

A pilot program that seeks to deepen transnational dialogue and collaboration among mission-driven scholarly publishers.

  • By Jasmine Wallace
  • Apr 29, 2021
  • 3 Comments

Revisiting: Governance and the Not-for-profit Publisher

How can not-for-profit organizations outcompete their commercial rivals? Revisiting Joe Esposito’s 2011 post that lays out a blueprint for success.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 26, 2021
  • 2 Comments
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