Books at Springer Nature

What if your colleagues and students could find and access your book, immediately, on any device, anywhere in the world? That’s Springer Nature’s vision for your book, and that’s one of the benefits you get as a Springer Nature book author. 

Any Springer Nature book, anywhere, anytime

Our goal is for researchers and students to find and use the books we publish—when they’re looking for them; when they need them. By having our books in every format (PDF, ePub, traditional print, and MyCopy), we break down the barriers between your book and your readers. Breaking down barriers also means we can publish your book open access, too. 

And as the world’s largest and leading scholarly book publisher, we take the future of the book—which will never die—very seriously. 

Nearly half a billion chapter downloads

Nearly half a billion chapter downloads in 2018—that's English-language only, just in 2018. In an era in which libraries report print books never leaving the shelves, that number speaks for itself. 

Libraries

Springer Nature's books philosophy has always focused on libraries. It has always been our mission to get a copy of every book we publish into every research library in the world. We developed our eBook packages so that this would also mean that that copy would be available to every researcher and student in the world, on demand, without restrictions (so no limits on concurrent users, no digital rights management, etc.) 

To accomplish this challenging task, Springer Nature has built a world-leading marketing and sales organization to serve university and institutional libraries, worldwide. 

To learn more about the work this team does, see this interview with Bob Boissy, Director of Account Development, and Jason Marcakis, Vice President of Institutional Sales and Marketing. 

Books marketing

Our goal is to put your book in front of the right readers—all of them—when they're looking for it. Consequently, this means we build our book marketing around findability. So almost everything we do for your book centers around making it possible for researchers to find and access your book. 

This paradigm shift required a new way of looking at book marketing—away from looking at individual copies, and more toward on-demand access. So this includes working hard on search engine optimization, but also:

  • Inexpensive print accessibility via MyCopy
  • Powerful e-commerce tools and initiatives, including on springer.com and palgrave.com, and Amazon and other online booksellers

You also have the opportunity to take advantage of the ways in which we can help you amplify your voice, including Springer Nature Storytellers, Before the Abstract, and more. 

  • Your book in all formats

    Readers can find Springer and Palgrave books in all formats. From chapter PDFs on SpringerLink to affordable MyCopy print versions, and ePub versions optimized for tablets and phones, as well as traditional print versions. 

    • Print: Readers, scholars, and scientists will find your book available to purchase in the Springer Shop and applicable book retailers
    • eBook: All of our books are made available in eBook form and can be bought directly from the Springer Shop, as well as online book retailers
    • MyCopy: Readers have the option to choose an affordable and complete edition of your book when they choose to order MyCopy. This unique service is available at all institutions with subscriptions to SpringerLink

  • Making textbooks affordable

    Students whose libraries buy eBook packages will have free, unlimited access to all Springer and Palgrave textbooks in those packages. That includes everything in that package—primary as well as secondary texts; from undergraduate to doctoral textbooks. That's in all electronic formats—including the option to buy a MyCopy for $24.95/€24.95 (where available). 

    So when you publish your textbook with Springer or Palgrave, you can know that price won't keep students from your book!

  • MyCopy: eBooks in affordable print

    MyCopy is a unique service from Springer Nature that allows library patrons to order a personal, print-on-demand soft cover edition of an eBook for just $24.99 / €24.99. It can be ordered directly from SpringerLink.

    This offer is available in North America, many European countries, Australia, New Zealand and will be expanded to further countries. Prices are subject to GST/VAT where applicable. Shipping and handling are included.

  • eBooks on SpringerLink

    Current trends show that the use of tablets and other mobile devices on SpringerLink is growing exponentially. SpringerLink supports any device by automatically adjusting the site-setup that is optimal for the screensize of the device that is used to visit the site. Readers can choose to download individual book chapters or full eBooks. 

    • eBooks become immediately available for readers around the world
    • Libraries can offer their patrons online access to the most worthwhile books instantly from multiple locations, including library, office, home or wherever they are

    Please note:  Book authors or editors receive a free copy of their own eBook! It will be provided on their MySpringer or MyPalgrave account.

  • Open access books

    Springer Nature publishes the world’s most significant open access portfolio—and as fits our position as the leading scholarly book publisher, we have a thriving OA books portfolio, too!

    We publish OA books and book chapters in every field, under both SpringerOpen and Palgrave Macmillan imprints. 

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