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 -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:33 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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