The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has announced a cooperative agreement with iPublishCentral, a self-service e-content delivery platform from Impelsys, to support its 130 members in pursuing electronic publishing. The partnership provides AAUP members with a discount for using iPublishCentral's e-publishing platform and services through AAUP.
iPublishCentral, a self-service digital content publishing, marketing, warehousing and distribution platform, will allow participating AAUP members to market books on the Internet, sell content online, and promote brands and titles across the Web. Among the three core components of iPublishCentral are market, distribute and deliver.
In year one of the agreement, AAUP members will benefit from complimentary content hosting services available through iPublishCentral. In subsequent years, members will pay sliding-scale fees based on the number of books they upload to the iPublishCentral site. AAUP will share a small percentage of revenue made from transactions that occur on the AAUP portal using iPublishCentral.
Through iPublishCentral, AAUP members can launch their own publishing portals, creating online content products and bundles. They can also monetise their backlist without the overhead of more traditional online content publishing, lengthy development timeframes or pricey infrastructure.
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