The Business of Making E-books Free

lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-09-23

Summary:

"Creating a digital backlist that is accessible for free may sound simple, but Brand and Kahle are quick to point out that the challenges go far beyond scanning pages out of books. The two organizations first had to come up with a contract that satisfied the open-access mission of Kahle’s organization and the sustainable publishing needs of the MIT Press."

Link:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/74877-the-business-of-making-e-books-free.html

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » lkfitz's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.books oa.up oa.publishers oa.publishing oa.digitization oa.retro oa.copyright oa.ia

Date tagged:

09/23/2017, 15:25

Date published:

09/23/2017, 11:25