Presentation given at the Jisc Digifest, Birmingham, 11 March 2014.

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Brian Hole, Founder and CEO
Jisc Digifest, Birmingham, 11 March 2014
Disrupting eBook Publishing

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To return control of publishing to university and society presses,
providing them with the infrastructure and support to advance
publishing in the interest of researchers.
About Ubiquity Press
Background
Mission
 Spun out of University College London in 2012
 Researcher-led
 Extensive publishing background as well
(BioMed Central, PLoS, Elsevier, IOP)
 Based in London
 Comprehensive approach: journals,
books, data, software, ….

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The Social Contract
of Science
• Validation
• Dissemination
• Further development
Scientific Malpractice
• Data
• Results
• Software
• Hardware, wetware…
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Source: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2015

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Open Access eBooks
2) Low BPC: avg. £2,500
3) Fully peer reviewed
1) Open access only (CC-BY)
5) Print on demand widely available
4) Online versions all free to read:
• XML/HTML
• ePub, Mobi, Kindle, PDF
• Lower than avg. prices
• Authors/Presses keep 80% of sales income
6) Associated data and software openly archived

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Helping universities to make OA books normal

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Cascading content

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For any questions, please contact
brian.hole@ubiquitypress.com
Ubiquity Press website: http://www.ubiquitypress.com
Koh, A. 2012. Open Access Ahoy! An Interview with Ubiquity Press. The Chronicle of
Higher Education. Available: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/ubiquity/43312
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