From: Byron Russell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 10:19:46 +0000
This is similar in some respects to Knowledge Unlatched, with
libraries banding together in consortia to fund the unlocking of book
and monograph publications (http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/)
The idea of revenues being ploughed back into funding OA publications
is something we're exploring with our soon-to-be-launched Ingenta Open
- a CMS / digital publishing service for OA content and Discovery
gateway. Hosting fees for new OA publishers on Ingenta Open will start
at approx. $750 per annum.
Byron
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From: Subbiah Arunachalam <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 09:47:38 +0530
If this project is 'open' (as in 'open access'), then the membership
fees ranging from $1,000 to $20,000+ appears to be rather high - at
least for scientists and scholars in the low and middle income
economies.
I wonder if a better model could be to persuade philanthropic
foundations to underwrite the costs and make the monographs freely
accessible (under an appropriate Creative Commons license).
Subbiah Arunachalam
India
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:33 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 09:11:40 -0700
>
> The Luminos open monograph publishing enterprise at the University of
> California Press continues to develop (http://www.luminosoa.org): it
> depends on library memberships at various tiers to fund publication of
> open access monographs.
>
> If I read it right, there are fourteen volumes published and five more
> "coming soon". For $1,000-5,000, annual membership is the Courier
> level, $5,000-10,000 Garamond, $10,000-20,000 Helvetica, and $20,000+
> Futura. The books are still formatted for print, so the online
> reading interface has the usual annoyances (floundering back and forth
> between text and notes, e.g.), but they may also helpfully be
> downloaded in epub, mobi, and pdf format. Paperback copies may be
> purchased. Watching this new service and business model with
> interest.
>
> Jim O'Donnell
> Arizona State University
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