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brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypressBrian HoleEBooks 2013, 9 May 2013Open Access eBooks andScholarly Publishing

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brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypressThe Social Contractof Science• Validation• Dissemination• Further developmentScientific Malpractice• Publishers• Researchers• Libraries, repositories…

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brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypress• Many scholarly monographs are overpricedand poorly distributed• “At this price, people will only read thereviews”OA eBooks• Research libraries are increasingly looking tosave money• One e copy for multiple students• No lending administration overhead• No shelf space requirements• Many disciplines (e.g. Humanities) are yet tofully benefit from electronic OA publishingbecause half of their output is in book form

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brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypressDOIs and metricsSmith, M. (ed.) 2013. ArchaeologicalTheory. London: Ubiquity Press.DOI: http://dx.doi.net/10.5334/ucl3.s01Jones, G.R. 2013. Post-processualism. In:Smith, M. (ed.) Archaeological Theory.Pp. 140-169. London: Ubiquity Press. DOI:http:// dx.doi.net/10.5334/ucl3.s01c03Dawkins, R. 2013. Selfish Archaeology. In:Smith, M. (ed.) Archaeological Theory.Pp. 218-231. London: Ubiquity Press. DOI:http://dx.doi.net/10.5334/ucl3.s01c04

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brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypressThe business model• Low barriers are essential• Chapter Processing Charges (CPCs) of ca. £150• Print on demand, profits to author or recycled• XML from the start (many formats, content mining, semantic)• Integrated CPC payments for RC-funded authors

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brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com www.ubiquitypress.com / @ubiquitypressCollaborations• University presses need to work together• Benefit from combined expertise indisciplines, technology, editorial, distribution etc.• Economy of scale

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