Monographes and Open Access
Dear Falk,
In absence of hard facts beyond the anecdotal I assume books will be made
available were doing so does not interfere with or even boosts the business
model.
Publishers of books which are mainly used to get information by reading a
page or two will probably have a different view on OA than those publishing
books which are meant to be read from back to back.
The spread of electronic reading devices could change the situation.
Publishers will think twice before making a book freely available via the
net if electronic reading devices become popular and if freely available
electronic books can be copied to them.
Regards
Christoph
Christoph Bruch
Head of Open Access
Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
http://oa.mpg.de
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Re: Monographes and Open Access
Hi Falk RE: your question " does open access increase or decrease sales figures of hardcopy monographs?" A really interesting paper by Colin Steele, from the Australian National University in Australia, on the future of the scholarly monograph, cites a paper Eve Gray and Associates that may provide the 'evidence' you are seeking. BOOK TO THE FUTURE: 21ST CENTURY MODELS FOR THE SCHOLARLY MONOGRAPH Colin Steele Excerpt: "...Evidence from those publishers who provide material free of charge on the web is that free access to books on the web actually generate more conventional book sales. A South African Open Access publishing project made books available free of charge online, but then the sales turnover of the HRSC Press in question rose by 300%. The conclusion was that "availability of full text online for scholarly publications does push up sales". (Eve Gray and Associates, 2004)" p5 http://dspace.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/43261/1/Charleston_publishing_document.pdf Referenced source: Eve Gray and Associates. (2004) Digital Publishing and Open Access for Social Science Research Dissemination. p22. Available at http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/eve_gray.pdf ** Paula Callan BA (UQ), GradDipLib&InfoSys (QUT), GCEd (Higher) (QUT) e-Research Access Coordinator Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia CRICOS No. 00213J Email: p.cal...@qut.edu.au Ph: (07) 3138 8336 Location: V704 Library (Gardens Point Campus) http://eprints.qut.edu.au Publications http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Callan,_Paula.html *** -Original Message- From: American Scientist Open Access Forum [mailto:american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org] On Behalf Of Reckling, Falk, Dr. Sent: Saturday, 28 February 2009 5:27 PM To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Monographes and Open Access Is anybody aware of recent valid empirical studies on monographes in science and humanities and open access? For example, does open access increase or decrease sales figures of hardcopy mongraphes? Many thanks, all the best Falk Reckling __ Falk Reckling, PhD Social Science and Humanities / Strategic Analysis Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Sensengasse 1 A-1090 Vienna email: falk.reckl...@fwf.ac.at Tel.: +43-1-5056740-8301 Mobil: + 43-699-19010147
Re: Monographes and Open Access
There is enough anecdotical evidence for increasing hardcopy sales. See my link collection of 40 links at http://delicious.com/Klausgraf/monograph_open_access There are also NO valid empirical studies for the contrary and NO anecdotical evidence for this AFAIK. A very few assumptions on OA are made plausible by "valid empirical studies". Klaus Graf 2009/2/28 Reckling, Falk, Dr. : > Is anybody aware of recent valid empirical studies on monographes in science > and humanities and open access? For example, does open access increase or > decrease sales figures of hardcopy mongraphes? > > Many thanks, all the best > Falk Reckling
Monographes and Open Access
Is anybody aware of recent valid empirical studies on monographes in science and humanities and open access? For example, does open access increase or decrease sales figures of hardcopy mongraphes? Many thanks, all the best Falk Reckling __ Falk Reckling, PhD Social Science and Humanities / Strategic Analysis Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Sensengasse 1 A-1090 Vienna email: falk.reckl...@fwf.ac.at Tel.: +43-1-5056740-8301 Mobil: + 43-699-19010147
