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Archives: open access books

Open Access and Sales Revenue Can Co-Exist

A new research study finds that open access monographs can generate significant revenue — both on the print side and digitally. 

  • By Laura Brown, Erich van Rijn, Roger C. Schonfeld, John Sherer
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • 15 Comments

Guest Post – Open Access to University Press Frontlists: A Call to Action

Now, two decades into the OA movement, it is high time for university libraries and presses to finally create a future for OA monographs.

  • By Curtis Brundy, Laura Hanscom, Barbara Kern, Brigitte Weinsteiger
  • Sep 20, 2023
  • 25 Comments

The Open Access Fund at Edinburgh University Press: An Interview with Nicola Ramsey

An interview with Nicola Ramsey of Edinburgh University Press about the Press’s new Open Access Fund.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Sep 11, 2023
  • 4 Comments

Guest Post — Funding Open Access Book Publishing: A Different Approach

New models are emerging for funding open access, which may serve to alleviate one of the publishing industry’s most problematic practices: Levying book processing charges on authors.

  • By David Parker
  • Jul 6, 2023
  • 11 Comments

Guest Post — Towards Global Equity for Open Access Books 

The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, a great opportunity to reflect on how far we have come with open infrastructures for the distribution and discoverability of open access books (monographs, edited collections, and other long-form publications).

  • By Niels Stern, Ronald Snijder
  • Jun 14, 2023
  • 4 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

Knowledge Unlatched Announces Transformation: An Interview with Sven Fund

Knowledge Unlatched has announced its “transformation into a central open access platform.” What does that mean, exactly? An interview with Managing Director Sven Fund.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Oct 9, 2017
  • 2 Comments

Monographs, Transparency and Open Access

How can we better communicate to readers the degree of access being made available in the context of open access monographs?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Dec 5, 2016
  • 20 Comments

University Press Redux: Preserving Heritage, Charting The Future

University presses are enjoying something of a renaissance in the UK, as was evident at the recent University Press Redux conference in Liverpool. Why is this, and how are presses trying to reconcile mission, innovation and sustainability in the digital world? And what can they teach the rest of us?

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • Mar 24, 2016
  • 9 Comments

Books, Glorious Books: Explorations in Open Access Monograph Publishing

A range of open access (OA) monograph experiments and studies are upon us, or are about to be, and it’s worth taking a look at what we know now and what we can expect to know in the next year […]

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Nov 2, 2015
  • 22 Comments

Guest Post: Alison Mudditt Interviews Geoffry Crossick on An Age of Challenge and Opportunity: The HEFCE Report on Monographs and Open Access

Alison Muddit interviews Goeffrey Crossick about his report on the future of open access monographs.

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • Oct 19, 2015
  • 6 Comments

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