Questions to Springer Nature: * What is the average cost to authors for an e-book? * What support is given to authors from Low/Middle Income Countries (LMIC)? * how many of these 1000 books come from LMIC countries?
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 4:49 PM Christina Emery < christina.em...@springernature.com> wrote: > ** apologies for cross posting ** > > > > Dear all, > > > > I hope you’re all well. I wanted to share our press release with you which > can be found here: > > > https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/new-open-access-milestone-with-the-publication-of-1000th-oa-book/17990474 > > > > === > > > > Springer Nature has reached a new milestone in open access (OA) publishing > with the release of its 1000th open access book. > > With 84 million chapters downloaded across the portfolio, the company is > advancing discovery by offering the possibility to publish scholarly books > open access so they can be immediately and freely accessed by readers > worldwide. > > > > As the largest OA publisher, Springer Nature launched a dedicated OA book > programme in 2012 to give authors the opportunity to publish scholarly > books OA. Six years later, in 2018, the OA books programme comprised 500 OA > books with over 30 million chapter downloads. Only two years later, the > total OA book output has now doubled, and the number of chapters downloaded > nearly tripled. > > > > The 1000th open access book, “Health of People, Health of Planet and Our > Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health”, includes a wide > range of cross-disciplinary views regarding the health impacts of climate > change. It brings together health care professionals, climate scientists, > social scientists and humanities researchers, and theologians and political > leaders and includes contributions from four Nobel Laureates. > > > > “Reaching the milestone of 1000 open access books is a proud moment for > us. Open access increases the visibility, readership, and impact of > scholarly books, and we are delighted to be at the forefront in helping > more authors benefit from this, given the important role books play in > scholarly communication,” says Ros Pyne, Director, Open Access Books and > Book Policies at Springer Nature. > > > > Springer Nature offers its open access books across a wide range of areas > in science, technology, medicine (STM), and the humanities and social > sciences (HSS) with a diverse array of book types including monographs, > edited collections, reference works, and proceedings. Springer Nature’s > preferred licence for OA books is CC BY, and authors retain copyright over > their work. > > > > Springer Nature has been publishing academic books and textbooks for over > 175 years and is using its experience and expertise, along with its > investment in new technologies and initiatives, to drive forward the > publishing and reading experience. Springer Nature was the first to offer > all of its books in electronic format, alongside the print version. > > > > === > > > > Best regards, > > > > Christina Emery > Open access books – marketing manager at Springer Nature > christina.em...@springernature.com > > > > > https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/campaigns/celebrating-1000-open-access-books > > > ------------------------------ > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is confidential and should not be used by anyone > who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this > e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or > any other storage mechanism. Springer Nature Limited does not accept > liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and > not expressly made on behalf of Springer Nature Ltd or one of their agents. > Please note that Springer Nature Limited and their agents and affiliates > do not accept any responsibility for viruses or malware that may be > contained in this e-mail or its attachments and it is your responsibility > to scan the e-mail and attachments (if any). > Springer Nature Limited. Registered office: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, > London, N1 9XW. Registered Number: 00785998 England. > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > -- "I always retain copyright in my papers, and nothing in any contract I sign with any publisher will override that fact. You should do the same". Peter Murray-Rust Reader Emeritus in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dept. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
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