Leveraging the strengths of teaching-first institutions to support OA book publishing: An interview with Matthew Cheney · Copim

"Soon I understood that academic publishing will provide little to no money, will steal your copyright, and then will lock your writing behind a paywall or will price it ridiculously. (Buy our $99 PDF!) In that situation, there’s no reason not to go fully open access in some way or another. I lose nothing and gain something important—indeed, the thing that should be primary for all academic publishing: my work enters the knowledge commons...."