Business Models for Open Access Books

This is a collection of case studies detailingwas brought together by Lucy Barnes of Open Book Publishers and François van Schalkwyk of African Minds. 

It showcases the business models of a range of open access (OA) academic book presses.presses, and is intended to document the diverse ways that presses in different parts of the world have set up and now maintain their open access operations.

While they case studies are extremely detailed, they have not been updated since 2022 and are therefore a little out of date. However, this is definitelythey still a resourcehelp to signpostillustrate to.the reasons behind the choices made by the presses, as well as detailing the models themselves.

See:Access https://oabooksbusinessmodels.pubpub.org/the collection