Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 10:33:39 +1000
Coming late to this. It appears to be quite a serious situation. Open Book Publishers are quite clear in that blog that they consider some of the behaviour of Knowledge Unlatched to be poor.
Do others have opinions on Open Research Library?
Danny
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Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 21:05:41 -0400
Of possible interest:
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On 16 May 2019, Knowledge Unlatched announced the beta launch of a new hosting platform for Open Access books, the Open Research Library (ORL). Our books are a prominent part of this nascent project, both on the website and in the marketing associated with the launch, and this, together with Knowledge Unlatched’s claim that they are ‘working with publishers and libraries worldwide’, might give the impression that we are actively participating in and endorsing the platform. However this is not the case: we were not informed or consulted about this project at any stage; we were not told that our books would feature on this platform; and we do not support ORL. In fact we have grave concerns about its approach and business model, and those of Knowledge Unlatched (KU), which we will set out here."