Flip it Open: Cambridge University Press Announces Major Expansion of Open Access Monographs Programme

From Cambridge University Press and Assessment:

As we mark Open Access Week, Cambridge University Press has announced that more than 100 academic monographs are to be included in an expanded open access scheme.

They will be part of our Flip it Open programme, which turns conventional publishing models on their head by making academic monographs that sell the most copies available open access.

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Flip it Open sees selected books published and sold as normal, primarily through library collections for universities. But once titles meet a set amount of revenue, the Press has committed to make them available open access through Cambridge Core, the online home for our academic content.

This means books without central funding can also be published open access, allowing their authors greater reach and impact without the need to pay open access publishing fees or processing charges.

A pilot was launched in 2021 involving selected classics, politics and history titles. The positive response has led to a decision to extend the pilot to become a wider part of the Press’s publishing programme, covering a further 100 titles across STM and HSS subjects.

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