From: adam hodgkin <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 14:51:06 +0200 Surely, even for rich countries an author contribution of $7,500 for the publication of a monograph is going to be a problem. Certainly in most European universities that is a big sum for an individual to source without big research grants. Even in the USA, I suspect that there are disciplines where a young scholar will find it hard to scrape together funding from grants for the publication of a monograph, especially if the scholar is not in a rich and elite university. And is there not a problem that such a model for 'open access' publishing of monographs will tend to attract slow moving and unfashionable stuff? It would be tough for a Press organised along these lines if it were to end up being the publisher where books that are worthy but not commercial are most likely to be published. How are open access books to avoid being trapped in a pigeon-hole where they are deemed to be less viable, perhaps because less important than stuff published without subsidy? I like the open explanations on the web site, and the FAQ they provide. Good to see such a public and explicit statement of their objectives and process. Adam Adam Hodgkin www.exacteditions.com Italian: +39 3460964211 skype name: adam.hodgkin