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'Paying It Forward' Publishing

Carl Straumsheim | Inside Higher Ed | February 10, 2015

The University of California Press is building a new open-access publishing model around the idea that reviewers and researchers in the hard sciences can support new forms of scholarly communication by "paying it forward." The university press last month introduced Collabra and Luminos, an open-access journal and monograph publisher, respectively. While Luminos is hoping to publish about 10 monographs this fall, Collabra is in beta testing and aims to accept submissions in a few weeks. Read More »

Copyright Clearance Center Announces Findings From UK Open Access Forum

Press Release | Copyright Clearance Center, Inc | April 7, 2014

Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organization, welcomed more than 30 publishers and copyright leaders to London in January for a day of industry updates, panel presentations, and roundtable discussions, as well as keynote addresses from Dominic Young, CEO of the UK’s Copyright Hub, and Dr. Michael Jubb, Director of the Research Information Network.

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The Real Bad Guy in the E-Book Price Fixing Case

Barry C. Lynn | Slate | April 12, 2012

This week, the Obama administration’s Justice Department struck a great legal blow against our open market for books, and indeed against open markets in America. Read More »

Why Online Book Discovery Is Broken (And How To Fix It)

Laura Hazard Owen | paidContent | January 17, 2013

Here’s the main problem with book discovery online: Right now, it doesn’t really work. New research shows that frequent book buyers visit sites like Pinterest and Goodreads regularly, but those visits fail to drive actual book purchases. Read More »