The OA Effect: How Does Open Access Affect the Usage of Scholarly Books? | Against The Grain

"Ros Pyne, Head, Policy and Development, Open Research, Springer Nature, reported on the findings from a report by Springer Nature on OA books. The OA books program was launched during 2012 and 2013, and so far, over 400 OA books on a wide range of subjects have been published. Print on Demand is offered at reduced price. The same processing procedures and marketing are used for both OA and non-OA books. Springer wanted to determine whether OA makes a difference to authors and what they get from it. The research project consisted of both quantitative (benchmarking of metrics) and qualitative (author and funder interviews). The results were significant:"