Timeline for If an author does not intend to make much revenue from a book, why not make it open-access?
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Jul 3, 2020 at 9:41 | comment | added | a3nm | "you need to pay for it" if you go via a publisher. These book processing charges don't represent actual costs that you would incur if you just hosted your book online yourself (which costs ~nothing). | |
Jun 21, 2018 at 8:29 | comment | added | Allure | @FranckDernoncourt it might be just me reacting to the term 'open access', since it has a very specific meaning in my experience. If you're thinking of "why not just make the book freely available on the author's website without engaging a publisher", that would be a different question entirely. | |
Jun 21, 2018 at 8:04 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | Good point. Going through a publisher is optional though. | |
Jun 21, 2018 at 8:01 | history | answered | Allure | CC BY-SA 4.0 |