From: Jeff Hester <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 11:24:07 -0700 Thanks Jim! If anyone wants to keep abreast of Luminos publishing news, please sign up for our bi-monthly newsletter at: http://eepurl.com/976Rr OR email us at: [log in to unmask] Best, Jeff Jeff Hester Executive Marketing Manager, Digital & Subscription Products University of California Press 510-883-8276 | www.ucpress.edu On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 6:03 PM, 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