A Taxonomy of University Presses Today

University presses bring a diversity not only of costs, scale, and business models, but also of organizational capacity, incentives, and objectives. As efforts are mounted to transition monograph publishing to open access, it is vital that we recognize the richness and complexity of this community.

Creating a New University Press

The university press world is well established, but it is worth considering how one would go about a new press today. The key is not to do what the established presses do already, and do very well.