Open Access Monographs The Author Perspective

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Summary:

Alastair Horne reports on an online discussion with UCL Press and seven researchers who have published open access books

Open access book publishing has been gaining momentum over the past few years across the entire scholarly publishing sector - both commercial and not-for-profit, both new and established. Last week, I ran an online discussion with UCL Press, the UK's first fully open access university press, and seven researchers who had published open access books to find out more about their experiences. Our panellists comprised authors who'd published with a range of presses. Paul Breen and Christian Fuchs had published books with University of Westminster Press, for which Christian had been involved in setting up and now editing a series. Haidy Geismar, Bob Sheil, and Laura Vaughan had published with UCL Press, and Owen Davies with Palgrave, part of Springer Nature; Jennifer Fredette's monograph was published by Temple University Press with support from Knowledge Unlatched...."

Link:

http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-article/open-access-monographs-the-author-perspective/

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oa.new oa.authors oa.publishing oa.publishers oa.attitudes oa.ucl_press oa.events oa.uk oa.books oa.up

Date tagged:

07/05/2018, 18:00

Date published:

07/05/2018, 14:00