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• Many scholarly monographs are overpriced
and poorly distributed
• “At this price, people will only read the
reviews”
OA eBooks
• Research libraries are increasingly looking to
save money
• One e copy for multiple students
• No lending administration overhead
• No shelf space requirements
• Many disciplines (e.g. Humanities) are yet to
fully benefit from electronic OA publishing
because half of their output is in book form
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DOIs and metrics
Smith, M. (ed.) 2013. Archaeological
Theory. London: Ubiquity Press.
DOI: http://dx.doi.net/10.5334/ucl3.s01
Jones, G.R. 2013. Post-processualism. In:
Smith, M. (ed.) Archaeological Theory.
Pp. 140-169. London: Ubiquity Press. DOI:
http:// dx.doi.net/10.5334/ucl3.s01c03
Dawkins, R. 2013. Selfish Archaeology. In:
Smith, M. (ed.) Archaeological Theory.
Pp. 218-231. London: Ubiquity Press. DOI:
http://dx.doi.net/10.5334/ucl3.s01c04
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The business model
• Low barriers are essential
• Chapter Processing Charges (CPCs) of ca. £150
• Print on demand, profits to author or recycled
• XML from the start (many formats, content mining, semantic)
• Integrated CPC payments for RC-funded authors
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Collaborations
• University presses need to work together
• Benefit from combined expertise in
disciplines, technology, editorial, distribution etc.
• Economy of scale
