Open Access Book Publishing 2018-2022 : Market Research Report

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-09-06

Summary:

[This work is not OA and not close. A single user license costs $1,995.]

"This report explains the origins of the open access movement, gives a timeline for its development, but most importantly, Simba Information quantifies open access book publishing as a market segment. Simba used the information it gathered through primary and secondary research to develop a financial outlook for open access book publishing with market projections through 2022. This research was conducted in conjunction with a larger study of the overall market for scholarly and professional publishing....

Examples of some of the issues discussed include:

  • The continued evolution of open access
  • The impact of open access in social science and humanities vs. scientific, technical and medical
  • Prevailing business models and experiments
  • Open access mandates spread to books
  • Opportunity for monographs and conference proceedings
  • Emerging markets fertile ground for open access...."

Link:

https://www.simbainformation.com/Open-Access-Book-Publishing-11833736/?progid=91048&hsCtaTracking=074d06b1-c8de-4014-8575-14c46a4254e8%7C18234805-e000-4886-bf8f-7db7b077a7c0

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Tags:

oa.new oa.books oa.paywalled oa.predictions oa.disciplines oa.mandates oa.policies

Date tagged:

09/06/2018, 15:04

Date published:

09/06/2018, 11:04