Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for the sustainable funding of Open Access (OA) models, is presenting its central database for financing OA books. It enables numerous publishers to make their offerings transparent, and scientists and libraries to find publication partners for book projects.
Suitable offers can be found on the basis of more than 20 criteria, such as the subject area, the services of publishers, forms of licensing and publication costs. KU Open Funding makes it possible to contact the publisher directly. If the latter accepts the manuscript for publication after quality control, KU organises the approval and handling of payment with the library.
More than 20 publishers including Berghahn, Duke University Press, Intellect, Michigan University Press, Taylor & Francis, transcript and Ubiquity Press are already participating with their OA offerings. Publishers, scientists and libraries can register for KU Open Funding on the portal free of charge. The model is financed by a commission, which is due upon conclusion of a publication contract between the scholar and the publisher. KU Open Funding is the first of its kind worldwide.
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