[29 August 2012 - Beijing/New York, Springer Open Books launched at Beijing
International Book Fair] Springer is expanding its open access (OA) program
by offering a fully open SpringerOpen books give authors and editors in all areas of science the opportunity to publish open access with the same high standards they are used to at Springer. “Many of our authors, editors and societies have
asked us for an open access option for books,” said Bettina Goerner, Manager Open Access at Springer. “The increasing interest in publishing open access books in the The copyright for the entire open access book
including every c apter remains with the editor/author. SpringerOpen books are published under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) license. This SpringerOpen Book titles will be listed in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), the discovery service for OA books which increases visibility and findability of Springer’s OA books. “Books are the next logical focus in the
progression of open access, and this initiative from Springer helps to establish open access as a viable publishing model for scholarly books,” said Eelco Ferwerda, Director of the Springer began publishing individual open access
papers through its Springer Open Choice model in 2004. Since then, the publishing group has refined and extended this publication model. In 2008 Springer acquired *Springer Science+Business Media* (www.springer.com) is a
leading global scientific publisher, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content via *For more information visit:* www.springeropen.com/books |
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