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OPEN ACCESS AND BOOK PUBLISHING: This short video by John Bond of Riverwinds Consulting discusses Open Access and the book publishing industry. MORE VIDEOS on OPEN ACCESS and Book Publishing can be found at:    • Open Access and Book Publishing   FIND OUT more about John Bond and his publishing consulting practice at www.RiverwindsConsulting.com SEND IDEAS for John to discuss on Publishing Defined. Email him at jbond@riverwindsconsulting.com or see http://www.PublishingDefined.com CONNECT Twitter:   / johnhbond   LinkedIn:   / johnbondnj   Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/113338584... Goodreads:   / john-bond   YouTube:    / johnbond   BOOKS by John Bond: The Story of You: http://www.booksbyjohnbond.com/the-st... You Can Write and Publish a Book: http://www.booksbyjohnbond.com/you-ca... TRANSCRIPT: Hi there. I am John Bond from Riverwinds Consulting and this is Publishing Defined. Today I am going to discuss Open Access in relationship to book publishing. Open access or OA is most commonly associated with journals, however, OA has just as long a history in book publishing. An engaged, concrete model has just been slower to emerge and be embraced by many different publishers. But things are changing. As a reminder, Open Access is when content, usually peer reviewed, is free of all restrictions to its access; such as a reader needing to purchase it. Open Access material is usually available to anyone, anywhere, at any time, assuming you have Internet access. OA also means the material has limited or no restrictions on its use such a copyright restriction. In book publishing, Open Access can be applied to monographs, books, textbooks, or any other book formats. What is true for the most part for journal Open Access applies in the same ways to OA in books or monographs. With the industry experiencing declining book sales, the OA model has several advantages: it provides a much larger audience to authors. This leads to a much greater dissemination of scholarly ideas and studies, thereby fostering intellectual discourse. How the economics of the OA model work in book publishing are closely related the model in journals. That is, some funding source must back the publication. Most commonly in book publishing it is an institution, foundation, or association that funds the project. Of course, the author or editors may fund the project themselves, through a grant, or through their institution. Libraries or university presses might also fund the book. Most commonly Open Access books are exclusively eBooks, thereby reducing costs. Some Open Access publishers offer a print-on-demand option at a reasonable fee. This can also be used to defray book production costs, but then it seems to stray into retail book publishing. Some companies or organizations have embraced this model, with Springer, Brill Publishing, Oxford University Press and other university presses being in the lead. For other for-profit publishers, the model has been slower on the uptake due to the funding piece. A few organizations of note: the Directory of Open Access Books or DOAB can be found at www.doabooks.org. According to them “The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. The directory is open to all publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books in Open Access.” DOAB is a service of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association or OASPA which is a “trade association that was established in 2008 in order to represent the interests of Open Access publishers globally in all scientific, technical and scholarly disciplines.” More information on them at oaspa.org. There are several other very note-worthy organizations and initiatives working in this area. A quick Google search will show there are more than can be discussed here. Just as Open Access is well ensconced in journal publishing and the scholarly community, Open Access is making its presence felt in scholarly book publishing to an increasing degree. With declining sales in the professional book market, it is a natural transition, once more reliable funding sources emerge. I imagine this will video need frequent updates in the future with all that is happening here. Well that’s it. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel or click to see a playlist for more videos about Open Access in book publishing. And make comments below or email me with questions. Thank you very much and take care.