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Guest Post — What is the Current State of Academic e-book Business Models? 

A new report from Ithaka S+R assesses the current state of scholarly monograph publishing in humanities and social sciences disciplines in order to understand how current business models are functioning for their consumer base, namely libraries and authors.

  • By Tracy Bergstrom
  • Aug 14, 2025
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing :  Part 2

How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 2 of 2.

  • By Jordy Findanis, Niels Stern
  • Jun 4, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing:  Part 1

How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 1 of 2.

  • By Jordy Findanis, Niels Stern
  • Jun 3, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Repackaging Christie — Does AI Have a Role?

If the local pub trivia master is looking for information on Agatha Christie, what are the available options? How will AI change the nature of literary scholarship?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Mar 4, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Sex and the Serious Reader

No, we’re not advocating anything lascivious. But a reading experience requires a degree of engagement that one essayist overlooks.

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Sep 19, 2024
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Ensuring the Sustainability of Print

Mindful of ecological factors, decision-making regarding print production shifts, balancing innovation with pragmatism.

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Aug 20, 2024
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Learning from the Archives to Build the Future at the APS Press

Jon Repetti reflects on the lessons being learned from the American Philosophical Society’s re-entrance into the fray of the scholarly publishing marketplace.

  • By Jon Repetti
  • Aug 13, 2024
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Michael Levine-Clark

In today’s Chef de Cuisine article, Robert Harington talks with Michael Levine-Clark, Dean of the University of Denver Libraries. The University Libraries are currently ranked as the #3 “best college library” by Princeton Review.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jul 9, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post – Reconnecting by Reading: A Selection of Books About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Part 2

We learn from each other and about each other through reading. Today part 2 of 2 where we have asked members of the SSP community to recommend books about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility matters.

  • By Damita Snow
  • May 16, 2024
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post – Reconnecting by Reading: A Selection of Books About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Part 1

We learn from each other and about each other through reading. Today part 1 of 2 where we have asked members of the SSP community to recommend books about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility matters.

  • By Damita Snow
  • May 15, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Navigating the Page and The Reader’s Task

Juggling formats of print vs. digital for books, have developers simply given up on whether there’s room to improve navigation and design?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Mar 12, 2024
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Chef de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Amy Brand

Robert Harington talks to Dr. Amy Brand of MIT Press, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Mar 11, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Shared Print Down the Rabbit Hole

Libraries’ ability to steward print collections in the future is being compromised by how we manage them now. How can we evolve our shared print strategy to align with the core values of libraries, and to increase the value proposition of print collections. Part 1 of 2.

  • By Heather Weltin, Alison Wohlers, Amy Wood
  • Mar 6, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Chef de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Niko Pfund

Robert Harington talks to Niko Pfund of Oxford University Press, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for- profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 29, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Chef de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Barbara Kline Pope

Robert Harington talks to Barbara Kline Pope, Director of Johns Hopkins University Press, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for- profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 15, 2024
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

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