Resources

Author Resources

What are the benefits of publishing an open access book? Read 'The OA Effect: How does open access affect the usage of scholarly books?' and 'Diversifying readership through open access: A usage analysis for OA books'.
What do book authors think about open access? Read 'The future of open access books: Findings from a global survey of academic book authors.'
The OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit is a free online resource for authors in all disciplines around the world who want to find out more about open access book publishing. The toolkit has been launched by the OAPEN Foundation, with Springer Nature and the University of Glasgow as founding partners in the project.

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Explore Open Access Books

Springer Nature held a free multidisciplinary event for researchers in honour of Academic Book Week, exploring how open access can help book authors make the most out of their research. Read more about the event.

If you couldn't attend the event, here are some insights we would like to share with you.

Check out the programme
Read a blog summary of the event
Watch the Facebook Live stream: Part 1, Part 2
Follow the conversation captured by Twitter Moments
Download the presentation slides

Recordings from our Academic Book Week

Watch recordings from our event 'Explore Open Access Books'.

1. Welcome - Tim Britton (Academic Book Week 2018)

2. About OA books - Ros Pyne (Academic Book Week 2018)

3. Bookmetrix & ORCID - Martijn Roelandse (Academic Book Week 2018)

4. Future of OA book funding - Hannah Hope (Academic Book Week 2018)

5. OA Books Author Panel (Academic Book Week 2018)

6. Event wrap up panel (Academic Book Week 2018)

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Springer publishes open access books and chapters across a wide range of areas within science, technology, medicine (STM), humanities and social sciences (HSS), and business and economics.

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Palgrave Macmillan publishes open access books and chapters across a wide range of areas in the humanities and social sciences (HSS), business and economics.

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Atlantis Press is dedicated to open access conference proceedings publications, across a wide range of disciplines including science, technology, medicine (STM), humanities and social sciences (HSS), and business and economics.