From: Christina Emery <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:20:46 +0000

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Dear LIBLICENSE subscribers,



Springer Nature has just published a new white paper “The future of open
access books: Findings from a global survey of academic book authors.”



*Summary:*

A global Springer Nature survey of more than 2,500 academic book authors
provides in-depth insights into attitudes towards open access. This survey
looked at researchers' motivations for publishing a book, and analyses the
parameters and key drivers which influence academics to publish OA or not.
The white paper also identifies the major obstacles to OA publication which
book authors still face: from a lack of awareness of OA publishing options
and low funding, to concerns about how OA books are perceived.



The white paper, survey questions, raw data and infographic summary can all
be downloaded free of charge:

https://www.springernature.com/futureofoabooks



Press release:

https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/future-of-the-scholarly-book-is-open-access/16812330



Best regards,



Christina Emery

Open Access Books Marketing Manager

Open Research, *Springer* *Nature*



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