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Justin Gonder (@justingonder) eScholarship Operations Coordinator California Digital Library University of California Office of the President Sustaining Open Access Scholarly Publishing Efforts Through POD and eBook Sales at the University of California
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What is eScholarship?
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eScholarship Publishing Services 2002 Departmental & Research Unit Content Collections Open Access Faculty Postprints 2012 Journal Publishing Data Publication Streaming Media HTML (vs PDF) Publishing Conference Proceedings ETDs OA Book Series Print-on-Demand
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The challenge of traditional scholarly monograph publishing Book-length work Generally narrow academic focus Academic vs. mass market appeal Not generally used in classrooms
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Presses cut print runs and tighten selection to limit losses Per item costs increase Libraries purchase fewer monographs Portion of budget allocated to monographs is also decreasing.
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The scholarly publishing landscape has changed.
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Departments at doctorate granting institutions: 88.8% responded that publication of a monograph is “very important” or “important” to earning tenure. 49.8% say that progress toward a second monograph is “very important” or “important.” - MLA Survey of Tenure & Promotion (2005) http://www.mla.org/pdf/taskforcereportppt.pdf Photo credit: San Juaquin Valley Library System (via Calisphere) http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0q2nc47q
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Who will publish my monograph? Photo credit: dublabrat@Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/dublab/369674866/
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POD + OA for Scholarly Monographs Provides a viable alternative for titles presses can’t publish Increases the readership of niche titles Alleviates the perceived OA / print trade-off Photo credit: Gerry Balding@Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/8929612@N04/4587652150/
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POD + OA for Scholarly Journals Alleviates the perceived OA / print trade-off Provides a source of revenue to support publication growth Valuable marketing tool Photo credit: eclecticlibrarian@Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/eclecticlibrarian/9450783/
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Partnering for POD
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eScholarship PLUS Offers Branded, full-service e- commerce solution Print on Demand eBook services Retail distribution Contractor marketplace Vendor & CDL support Photo credit: Santa Clara College Press (via Calisphere) http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1k40185z
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eScholarship PLUS Offers Open Access Author control of copyright $0 setup fee Global distribution (optional, $75 per title) 70% profit sharing Photo credit: Santa Clara College Press (via Calisphere) http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1k40185z
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Materials fee
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FormatSizePages Materials Fee (Base price)* Paperback6 X 9250$9.00 Hardcover8.25 X 10.75250$22.50 ePubAny None *based on estimates and subject to change
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FormatSizePages Materials Fee (Base price)* Retail Price Example* Participant Revenue* Paperback6 X 9250$9.00$15.99$4.89 Hardcover8.25 X 10.75250$22.50$35.99$9.43 ePubAny None$2.99$1.97 *based on estimates and subject to change
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Getting Started Customization form Quarterly order to Lulu Publishing partners load their books Proof is ordered & approved Item is released for sale Lulu & eScholarship link POD & OA Photo credit: WWI: Interviewing Army Recruits (via Calisphere) http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/c870809r
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What it looks like when it’s done:
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Still working… Subscriptions Not a fully branded experience Sales and success will need to be evaluated Photo credit: Shasta Dam? (via Calisphere) http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf0g500348
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More Information About eScholarship escholarship.org/about_escholarship.html About eScholarship PLUS goo.gl/n93nb Justin Gonder justin.gonder@ucop.edu @justingonder Photo credit: Switchboard at California Emporium department store (via Calisphere) http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0779r640
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