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08. Copyright and licensing

Language Science Press publishes almost all its books under the CC-BY license, although allow...

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Instititional support

07. Revenue models Five revenue models

Open Access University Presses and library presses often receive some form of institutional suppo...

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Crowdfunding

07. Revenue models Five revenue models

Crowdfunding models for Open Access publishing involve sourcing funds for one or more books from ...

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Key issues

07. Revenue models

There are many business models that have been tested/used by OA presses in different countries an...

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Resources

06. Governance and accountability

Cookbook, Chapter 2 NUP Toolkit, Setting up a press  Business Models for OA Books ...

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Case studies

06. Governance and accountability

Goverance structures punctum books has two co-directors, two associate directors with specific...

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Resources

05. Organisation type

Business Models for OA Books Governing Scholar-Led OA Book Publishers

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Case studies

05. Organisation type

Mattering Press: In the UK, Mattering Press chose to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisat...

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Resources

04. Brand building and reputation

NUP Toolkit, Attracting authors to your press  Cookbook, Chapter 3.13 OAPEN Toolkit...

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Resources

03. Starting a new publisher

NUP Toolkit, Setting up a press Cookbook, Chapter 5 Business Models for OA Books

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Key issues

03. Starting a new publisher

Among all the pressing demands associated with getting a new publisher going, a fully developed l...

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Using the toolkit

01. About the toolkit

There are different ways to navigate our toolkit. One route is to begin with our Key Resources a...

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License

01. About the toolkit

This toolkit is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4....

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Questions to guide good practice

07. Revenue models

Does the business model include fair payment for the necessary work associated with running t...

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Questions to guide good practice

09. Editorial

Is the editorial process in line with the values of the press? Has full consideration been giv...

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Questions to guide good practice

06. Governance and accountability

What principles shape the press' governance structure? Does the scholarly community (asso...

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Questions to guide good practice

12. Dissemination and discoverability

Are books indexed in an external catalogue – for example the Directory of Open Access Books? ...

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Questions to guide good practice

11. Metadata management

Is metadata management built into the production workflow? Who is responsible for managing me...

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Questions to guide good practice

10. Production

Has a strategy been developed for managing the workflow? What generic and specialist tools will...

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Questions to guide good practice

08. Copyright and licensing

Does the press use appropriate open licenses OA licenses, with authors retaining copyright? ...

Updated 1 year ago by Izabella Penier