Guest Post: Why a Society Publisher is Moving Toward Read and Publish Models
Emma Wilson from the Royal Society of Chemistry discusses their Read and Publish strategies for a transition to open access.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Will Schweitzer of Silverchair
[…] what might happen to this community in the future. A great number of Silverchair publishers are smaller commercial operations or self-publishing associations and societies. These publishers are vital parts of the research enterprise, and many feel tenuous about their futures. […]
Self-Publishing Reinvents the Novel
The novel is about novelty. Self-publishing is just the latest option for authors. Some argue that it’s reinventing literature.
What Happens When We Misplace the Credentialing Keys?
Self-publishing initiatives in consumer publishing a falling under harsh criticism. Why aren’t similar endeavors in the purportedly more disciplined area of scholarly publishing experiencing the same?
Data Detectives: Investigating What is, and What is Not, Measured
[…] a deal with Simon and Schuster for print distribution only, retaining digital rights). Howey has become an icon of the self-publishing movement and is a self-professed publishing geek. Recently, he helped to drop what can only be described as a […]
It's Not 1995 Again — Why the Threats from the New Big Players May Be Much More Significant This Time
[…] and what they wish. These organizations may be in the same uncomfortable position that mid-tier authors found themselves in the self-publishing and e-book revolution — that is, shut out, devalued, or delisted. Without the “Big Deal” to protect them, without […]
The Costs of Print
The question of when print will end is often framed as if it is a natural occurrence, an evolutionary question, or the likely outcome of a sporting event, rather than a business decision that publishers may revisit on a regular basis.
A Renowned Literary Author Self-Publishes
Image via CrunchBase Self-publishing has the stigma of being the last hope for the impossibly unpublishable. It’s a stigma that’s fading fast as books like “The Shack” and “Still Alice” dominate best-seller lists despite either being self-published or starting as […]
Guest Post — Building an Easier Path Toward Open Access Book Publishing: Support for Authors
[…] in repositories (with or without embargo), books can be made free to read through a plethora of publishing models including self-publishing (e.g., Glasstree), crowdfunding or ‘subscribe to open’ models (e.g., Unglue.it, Knowledge Unlatched, CEU Press’ Opening the Future and MIT […]
Wiley Acquires Editorial Services Group
Today Wiley announced its purchase of J&J Editorial. Angela Cochran explores what this means for J&J customers not in the Wiley universe.
Guest Post — One Publisher to Rule Them All? Consolidation Trends in the Scholarly Communications and Research Sectors
[…] scholarly communications industry through greater investment and integration in some of their core products. Stitching together existing offerings and facilitating self-publishing by researchers would be a viable, ‘good enough’ option on a scale unavailable through other routes. This would represent […]
Fighting Fire with Fire — The Only Remaining Option?
The shift to the Systems Age is happening so fast and completely that publishers are left with only one option — fight fire with fire. Will they? Can they? Some examples show the way.
Why the Apple Ebook Ruling is a Loss for Publishers, Authors, and Readers
[…] of titles and lower royalty checks for authors. And while there is, at the same time, a growing array of self-publishing options (including directly via Amazon) and there remain independent trade publishers such as McSweeny’s as well as the university […]
An Interview with Cameron Neylon, PLoS' New Director of Advocacy
[…] you think major publishers would instead fail and where does that future leave the smaller, independent publishing houses and the self-publishing societies? A: There are two big issues here — one is economies of scale for those publishers who make […]
Traditional Books Become the Minority
[…] Why is this happening? There are a number of reasons, and multiple things moving at once. On the print-on-demand and self-publishing front, improvements in quality, more authors choosing the self-publishing route, the benefits of no inventory, and competitive costs for […]