Open Access Book Publishing

Open Access Book Publishing Topics Covered:

Open Access Book Publishing 2016-2020 contains separate chapters covering the academic publishing industry, notable publishers and programs, and issues and forecast that include:

• Simba’s exclusive analysis of market size and structure
• Title growth metrics
• Open access book publishing by discipline
• A look at key geographic markets that are pushing the development of open access books
• A discussion of the market for non-English-language open access publishing
• Simba’s exclusive market projections to 2020 and more.

Publishers and investment professionals can trust Open Access Book Publishing 2016-2020 to provide the inside intelligence needed to evaluate growth potential, understand trends affecting the academic publishing industry, and size up the competition.

Industry Trends in Open Access Book Publishing include:

• The continued evolution of open access publishing
• The impact of open access in social science and humanities vs. scientific, technical and medical publishing
• Prevailing publisher business models and experiments
• Commercial publishers go small—for now
• The impact of mandates
• Opportunity for monographs and conference proceedings

Simba Information's report, Open Access Book Publishing 2016-2020, is an essential tool for publishing executives, M&A advisors, market analysts, and industry consultants who need to understand the business strategies driving the scholarly and professional publishing industry. Simba has a knowledge base from more than 20 years worth of perspective on these markets and the rapid changes in technology, the economy, mergers, partnerships and public policy that affect it.