Revisiting - Navigating the Big Deal: A Guide for Societies - The Scholarly Kitchen

peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-04-28

Summary:

"In the wake of Plan S, many research society and independent publishers are exploring potential partnerships with larger publishing houses. While Plan S is the catalyst for this activity, it’s part of a longer term trend in the market toward scale as the key advantage leading to success. The benefit for a smaller publisher in such an arrangement is that they gain access to that scale, along with the resources that come with it. The negatives include losing some levels of control over one’s publication program. In particular, as the Big Deal has evolved, it has changed the way these partnerships can work. Because so much effort is currently going into expanding the Big Deal into The Bigger Deal (adding in open access author fees on top of subscription access), I thought it was a good time to revisit Michael Clarke’s post from last year that talked about understanding the current state of the Big Deal and the careful planning one needs to do in order to put together a successful publishing partnership...."

Link:

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/04/26/revisiting-navigating-the-big-deal-a-guide-for-societies/

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oa.new oa.societies oa.big_deals oa.journals oa.strategies oa.risks oa.guides oa.recommendations

Date tagged:

04/28/2019, 12:29

Date published:

04/28/2019, 08:29