Tokens and Taboos: Making Books Open Access

"I want to see us publish open access books because, though there has been enough attention paid to open access journals (and many excellent examples of how to do it well), there are fewer sustainable models for academic presses to follow in making books open access....I want to leverage the collective prestige of our institutions to attract the work of scholars who are trapped in an unsustainable and unjust system and who are willing to be part of the solution. Why "unjust"? Because when we invest so much of our time and resources in creating knowledge that so few can afford, we're participating in social injustice. We should expect better of scholars...."