From: Celeste Feather <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:52:49 +0000
The title fee for each of the 28 ebooks opened in the Knowledge
Unlatched pilot project last was $12,000 U.S. It appears as though all
of these OA initiatives are centering around the same general cost per
title, but the approaches to gather the funds differ.
Celeste
Celeste Feather
Senior Director of Licensing and Strategic Partnerships, LYRASIS
> On Apr 16, 2015, at 8:19 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:11:25 -0400
>
> When I asked about similar programs, I meant to ask which publishers
> will publish quality monographs if/when the author (or author's grant
> or author's institution) is able to cover the costs. For example,
> here's CUP able to do it for $10,000; UC Open announced a $15,000 fee
> (but with possible subventions); some months back Routledge announced
> a program at 10,000 pounds.
>
> What other publishers are offering this, or are there so many now that
> mine is the wrong question?
>
> Also -- and perhaps I'm conflating two different trends -- we read the
> other day in the newly released Humanities Indicators report - thanks
> to Gary Price for this:
>
> http://www.humanitiesindicators.org/binaries/pdf/HI_HigherEd2015.pdf
>
> as follows: "Despite concerns about the state of humanities
> publishing in recent years, the number of new academic titles released
> annually in the humanities was slightly higher in North America in
> 2012 than in 2009, rising from 48,597 new books published to 51,789."
>
> Somehow, it does seem to be becoming a little easier for humanists
> (and younger scholar humanists?) to get their books published?
>
> Cheers, Ann Okerson
>
>
>
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 6:54 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:06:47 -0500
>>
>> I'm not aware of any other press that allows authors to post portions
>> of their books on their own personal or institutional web sites In
>> Green OA mode (which i assume means pre-copyediting).
>>
>> But of course there have been any number of presses engaged in OA
>> monograph publishing for a while, some of them not requiring any
>> author payments up front but instead relying on generating revenue
>> from POD sales. It is good to see another press of CUP's size getting
>> into the business, though.
>>
>> Sandy Thatcher
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 17:10:33 -0400
>>>
>>> This is of interest -- CUP joins several other publishers in offering
>>> authors a fair way to produce quality open access monographs; also see
>>> their statement about green open access for books.
>>>
>>> [Which other publishers have similar programs?]
>>>
>>> http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1883
>>>
>>> "The standard charge for publication of books under the Gold Open
>>> Access model at CUP is £6,500 ($10,000/¤9,000) for titles of up to
>>> 120,000 words. The charge has been set at this level in recognition of
>>> ongoing print sales, but as these diminish the business models and
>>> pricing levels may change.
>>>
>>> "CUP also supports Green Open Access Archiving across books and
>>> journals. This new policy allows authors of monographs and certain
>>> other books to post portions of their work on personal websites and
>>> repositories without compromising any aspect of the publishing
>>> process."
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