OpenEdition is a comprehensive framework for open access communication and publication in Humanities and Social Sciences. It proposes to publishers and librarians a freemium economic model

1. Pierre Mounier
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Innovation and new business models for
publishers and readers

2. Center for Open Electronic
Publishing
Paris
Marseille
Lisboa

3. Centre pour l’édition électronique
ouverte (Cléo)

4. A comprehensive publishing framework for
humanities in open access …

5. …building a place of attention

6. …for a worldwide audience

8. Is it sustainable for humanities and
social sciences ?

9. Diversification : the keyword for a
sustainable economic model in humanities

10. Necessity to build an open access
inclusive dynamic for every publisher
(fair)
exclusive
gratis
freemium OA
Libre OA

11. Freemium
« Freemium is a business model by which a
product or service is provided free of charge, but
money (premium) is charged for advanced
features, functionality, or virtual goods. The word
"freemium" is a portmanteau neologism
combining the two aspects of the business model:
"free" and "premium” » - Wikipedia 10/2013

12. « information wants to be free »
S. Brand - 1984

13. « On the one hand information wants
to be expensive, because it's so
valuable. The right information in the
right place just changes your life.
On the other hand, information wants
to be free, because the cost of getting it
out is getting lower and lower all the
time.
So you have these two fighting against
each other. »
St. Brand - 1984

16. Open Access to content on the web

17. Premium services for readers and libraries

19. OpenEdition Freemium
• For journals : since 2012
 100 journals participating to the program
 Around 100 libraries subscribing from all over the world
 66% of income for journals
 For books : opening end october 2013
 30 publishers participating to the program
 1000 books on sale to libraries and individual readers
 66% of income for publishers

31. Thank you !
pierre.mounier@openedition.org