Exploring open access to save monographs, the question is – how? | Jisc

"[H]ow do we...(a) Keep the monograph alive to allow humanities and social science researchers to present considered arguments, (b) Help increase readership to foster new connections and research, and (c) Find an economic model to sustain the publishing and dissemination of monographs – in both electronic and print. These are some of the questions we are trying to answer in our open access monograph project –  OAPEN-UK being managed by Jisc Collections. What if your monograph was available online for free for everyone to read as a PDF or in HTML and in addition libraries and academics could still purchase print (60% of academics still prefer print) or e-book editions if they wanted them? There would be no limits on who can read your book - discoverable to all through online search engines and the sales of the print could support the sustainability of the Open Access version. And of course each book is put through the same peer review processes that normal print books are - you could even experiment with open peer review - or get input from fellow colleagues as you write...."