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Brian Hole, Founder and CEO
Jisc Digifest, Birmingham, 11 March 2014
Disrupting eBook Publishing
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To return control of publishing to university and society presses,
providing them with the infrastructure and support to advance
publishing in the interest of researchers.
About Ubiquity Press
Background
Mission
Spun out of University College London in 2012
Researcher-led
Extensive publishing background as well
(BioMed Central, PLoS, Elsevier, IOP)
Based in London
Comprehensive approach: journals,
books, data, software, ….
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The Social Contract
of Science
• Validation
• Dissemination
• Further development
Scientific Malpractice
• Data
• Results
• Software
• Hardware, wetware…
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Source: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2015
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Open Access eBooks
2) Low BPC: avg. £2,500
3) Fully peer reviewed
1) Open access only (CC-BY)
5) Print on demand widely available
4) Online versions all free to read:
• XML/HTML
• ePub, Mobi, Kindle, PDF
• Lower than avg. prices
• Authors/Presses keep 80% of sales income
6) Associated data and software openly archived
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Helping universities to make OA books normal
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For any questions, please contact
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com
Ubiquity Press website: http://www.ubiquitypress.com
Koh, A. 2012. Open Access Ahoy! An Interview with Ubiquity Press. The Chronicle of
Higher Education. Available: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/ubiquity/43312
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