Abstract
The open access books (OAB) are a product of the research that in recent years has gained its place in scientific publishing and open access (OA). Both have gone from initial diffidence (for different reasons) to a growing interest. In the first part of the article, we present the most recent data relating to this kind of publication while in the second one the OAB phenomenon is examined within a more general evolution of the OA. In this way there seems to be a link between the open access monographs and the diffusion of models increasingly distant from the original mission of the OA.
Highlights
1.1 At the beginningThe idea of the book accessible online for free did not originate in the academic world
Amsterdam University Press (AUP) is a publishing house founded in 1992, initially linked to the University of Amsterdam, which has a solid propensity for the publication of open access (OA) books and OA journals, and which has given life in recent years to a collaboration with partners such as Knowledge Unlatched, an initiative created to encourage closer collaboration between academic libraries and publishers in supporting OA books and the Association of American University Presses (AAUP)
The appeal arises in response to the already mentioned OA2020 with respect to which it intends to promote a model that is not limited to the transformation of journal subscriptions funds into article processing charge (APC): “We find it necessary to foster an open access model that is not restricted to a single approach based on the transfer of subscriptions towards APCs”
Summary
The idea of the book accessible online for free did not originate in the academic world. The Californian company later decided to change the name of the initiative to Google Books and to characterize the project in a more commercial way, transforming it partly into a platform aimed at publishers interested in greater online visibility and in part into a large bookshop virtual dedicated to readers (Google Play). In this period, the term open access books (books OA) began to spread, as we will see presently
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