[GOAL] Springer Nature reaches new milestone with publication of 1000th open access book

Wed May 20 17:29:24 BST 2020

Dear all,

Many thanks for your interest in our OA books announcement. In response to the questions received, please see below for links to the relevant information as requested:

·         Reuse/mining – our default licence at Springer Nature is CC BY but we permit other CC licences upon request from the author. The licence type is stated in the front matter of each OA book as well as at the end of each chapter. You can find a list of our OA books here: https://link.springer.com/search?package=openaccess&facet-content-type=%22Book%22

·         Book pricing – all of our book processing charges and policies around pricing can be found on our website here: https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/journals-books/books/pricing

·         Author funding policies – As we noted in our The Future of OA Books white paper*, we are also fully aware that funding remains a critical issue for authors when choosing open access for their book. We are committed to making as much information as possible available to authors on sources of funding. You can find more information on our policies here: https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/funding

Thank you for your interest and of course if there are any further questions, we would be happy to assist directly (oabooks at springernature.com<mailto:oabooks at springernature.com>).

*https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/journals-books/books/future-of-open-access-books

All the best,

Christina

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From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] On Behalf Of Peter Murray-Rust
Sent: 20 May 2020 07:12
To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
Subject: Re: [GOAL] Springer Nature reaches new milestone with publication of 1000th open access book

Questions to Springer Nature:
* What is the average cost to authors for an e-book?
* What support is given to authors from Low/Middle Income Countries (LMIC)?
* how many of these 1000 books come from LMIC countries?

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From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas Pettiaux
Sent: 19 May 2020 19:37
To: goal at eprints.org
Subject: Re: [GOAL] Springer Nature reaches new milestone with publication of 1000th open access book

Hello,

Where can we find the sources of the books in a format that make it super easy to translate, reuse, adapt, modify, and redistribute ?

Thanks
Nicolas Pettiaux
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On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 4:49 PM Christina Emery <Christina.Emery at springernature.com<mailto:Christina.Emery at springernature.com>> wrote:

** apologies for cross posting **

Dear all,

I hope you’re all well. I wanted to share our press release with you which can be found here:

https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/new-open-access-milestone-with-the-publication-of-1000th-oa-book/17990474

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Springer Nature has reached a new milestone in open access (OA) publishing with the release of its 1000th open access book.

With 84 million chapters downloaded across the portfolio, the company is advancing discovery by offering the possibility to publish scholarly books open access so they can be immediately and freely accessed by readers worldwide.

As the largest OA publisher, Springer Nature launched a dedicated OA book programme in 2012 to give authors the opportunity to publish scholarly books OA. Six years later, in 2018, the OA books programme comprised 500 OA books with over 30 million chapter downloads. Only two years later, the total OA book output has now doubled, and the number of chapters downloaded nearly tripled.

The 1000th open access book, “Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health”, includes a wide range of cross-disciplinary views regarding the health impacts of climate change. It brings together health care professionals, climate scientists, social scientists and humanities researchers, and theologians and political leaders and includes contributions from four Nobel Laureates.

“Reaching the milestone of 1000 open access books is a proud moment for us. Open access increases the visibility, readership, and impact of scholarly books, and we are delighted to be at the forefront in helping more authors benefit from this, given the important role books play in scholarly communication,” says Ros Pyne, Director, Open Access Books and Book Policies at Springer Nature.

Springer Nature offers its open access books across a wide range of areas in science, technology, medicine (STM), and the humanities and social sciences (HSS) with a diverse array of book types including monographs, edited collections, reference works, and proceedings. Springer Nature’s preferred licence for OA books is CC BY, and authors retain copyright over their work.

Springer Nature has been publishing academic books and textbooks for over 175 years and is using its experience and expertise, along with its investment in new technologies and initiatives, to drive forward the publishing and reading experience. Springer Nature was the first to offer all of its books in electronic format, alongside the print version.

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Best regards,

Christina Emery
Open access books – marketing manager at Springer Nature
christina.emery at springernature.com<mailto:christina.emery at springernature.com>

https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/campaigns/celebrating-1000-open-access-books

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