Academic Publishing Copyright and licensing – what do I need to know? When you create original work, you possess the copyright.[1] When you wish to publish that work, some publishers might ask you to sign the copyright over to them as a condition of
Academic Publishing Green, Gold, Diamond, Black – what does it all mean? There’s a lot of jargon surrounding Open Access publication, and as with all jargon it can confuse and obfuscate. Here is a simple glossary: Diamond / PlatinumImmediate Open Access publication by the journal
Academic Publishing APCs, BPCs, can I have some money please – who pays for OA? This is one of the most important questions for authors: if the reader doesn’t pay, who does? BPCs (Book Processing Charges) and APCs (Article Processing Charges) are fees levied on authors, their
Academic Publishing What should I ask a publisher about Open Access? There are many academic publishers who publish Open Access work, including some of the most well-known such as Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, The MIT Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer,
Academic Publishing An Academic’s Guide to Open Access For Open Access Week 2018, we’ve put together a series of blog posts that cover the basics of Open Access for academic researchers. We hope they give you the tools to navigate
Academic Publishing Why OBP is not participating in KU Open Funding: and why libraries should understand the reasons. Knowledge Unlatched has recently announced the launch of a new platform to fund Open Access (OA) books. In this post, we explain our concern with this platform and why we won't be participating.
Academic Publishing A Director Writes: The First Ten Years of OBP When Alessandra and Rupert invited me to join them in establishing Open Publishers as a Community Interest Company, I was delighted to accept. Having been a senior manager in the British Treasury I
Academic Publishing Ten Years of OBP: An Interview with Alessandra Tosi and Rupert Gatti (Part Two) The next ten years: “We need to show this can be different.” While Gatti and Tosi are fiercely proud of what they have built, they believe the future of OBP lies in enabling
Academic Publishing Ten Years of OBP: An Interview with Alessandra Tosi and Rupert Gatti (Part One) Ten years ago today Open Book Publishers [https://www.openbookpublishers.com/section/14/1] was born. Non-profit, scholar-led and now the leading UK Open Access publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences, OBP
Information and Empire: Mechanisms of Communication in Russia Open Access in Russia - a point of connection? Since the success of Information and Empire: Mechanisms of Communication in Russia 1600-1850 [https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/636] edited by Simon Franklin and Katherine Bowers, and our growing number of titles that