[BOAI] Launch of OpenAccessSolutions.com

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Co-Action Publishing  --Peter Suber.]


New Service Solution for Small-scale Open Access Scholarly Publishers

2 April 2009; Stockholm, Dublin, London: 
Co-Action Publishing, Datapage and T Marketing 
are pleased to announce the launch today of 
OpenAccessSolutions.com, a website dedicated to 
offering small-scale Open Access scholarly 
publishers a full range of affordable services 
from multiple vendors along the publishing chain 
through a single virtual location.

OpenAccessSolutions.com addresses the needs of a 
growing segment within Open Access scholarly 
publishing. The Open Access journals market is 
growing quickly, and currently represents 
approximately 9% of the refereed journals listed 
in Ulrich's Periodical Directory. A number of 
these journals are operated by single editorial 
teams, societies or university presses. 
OpenAccessSolutions.com allows these publishers 
to combine independence with behind-the-scenes 
professional support on virtually any aspect of 
journal development and the publishing process.

"We recognize that many scholars and societies 
wish to remain independent of a publishing house 
as they transition a current subscription journal 
to Open Access or launch a new journal," stated 
Caroline Sutton from Co-Action Publishing, adding 
"By teaming up with Datapage and T Marketing, we 
are able to offer these publishers access to the 
same professional skill and know-how that large 
publishers take advantage of everyday in a format 
that is scalable to their needs."

Nisha Rahul, Operations Manager for Datapage, 
further commented “Datapage has been providing 
typesetting and pre-press services to publishers 
worldwide since 1987. Our ultimate aim is to make 
ourselves "easier to do business with". Through 
OpenAccessSolutions.com we make publishing easier 
for small publishers by providing seamless 
solutions from several vendors, allowing each 
publisher to create an optimal service package.

T Marketing Founder Natasha White shared her 
thoughts on the launch, stating,  "After having 
worked at some of the world's largest publishers, 
I am now working daily with smaller businesses. 
Like Datapage and Co-Action Publishing, T 
Marketing welcomes the opportunity to work 
together with small-scale scholarly publishers to 
augment the skills and competencies of their in-house teams."


Caroline Sutton, PhD
Publisher
Co-Action Publishing
tel/skype: +46 (0)18 495 1126
mob: +47 90 69 05 06
www.co-action.net
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