Open Access and self-publishing in academic communication: a case study

Commercial publishing houses dominate the academic publishing sector, and they discourage the sharing culture to protect business interests. Authors and institutions have no control over the publishing processes and lost the copyright on the works after publishing. The traditional model of publishin...

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Published inLibrary philosophy and practice pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Kumar, V Vimal, Dhanya, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lincoln Library Philosophy and Practice 01.05.2021
Subjects
Collaboration
Copyright
Design
E-books
Essays
Higher education
Initiatives
Internet
Libraries
Library and information science
Licensing
Open access
Publishing industry
Scholarly communication
Scholarly publishing
Self publishing
Software
India
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Summary:Commercial publishing houses dominate the academic publishing sector, and they discourage the sharing culture to protect business interests. Authors and institutions have no control over the publishing processes and lost the copyright on the works after publishing. The traditional model of publishing gives more financial commitment to authors. Self-publishing gives full control to the authors over the publishing processes. Open Access model gives the publications faster impact and greater user engagement. This article shares the experience of self-publishing an Open Access book in a higher education institution.
ISSN:1522-0222