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Thoth is a non-profit, open metadata management and dissemination platform providing open solutions for small- and medium-sized book publishers to disseminate OA content openly, globally and effectively, and through both traditional supply chains and emerging ...
Membership scenario modelling
To access the modelling tool please click here 👉 Copim Opening the Future revenue projections modeller v5.xlsx Your rate of conversion to OA on the frontlist will rely on how many library subscriptions you can gain. These are, of course, subject to market c...
11. Thoth Open Metadata
Thoth Open Metadata is a non-profit UK community interest company (CIC) providing innovative metadata management and distribution solutions tailored to tackle the multiple issues faced by publishers of getting open access works into the book supply chain, ensu...
Software and services
Thoth’s software is open source, and in line with open data principles, the multiple output formats and specifications (e.g. ONIX, MARC, KBART, Crossref XML, json) for more than a dozen platforms are all released under a CC0 dedication. More specifically, Tho...
Tax implications
While this resource cannot dispense and does not constitute formal accountancy or legal advice with respect to taxation, there are several considerations to bear in mind: The United Kingdom’s HMRC (the formal tax body) previously advised the Open Library of...
13. Experimental Publishing Group
Copim’s Experimental Publishing Group are researching ways to more closely align existing software, tools and technologies, workflows and infrastructures for experimental publishing with the workflows of open access book publishers. The Experimental Publishin...
Contact details
Keep in touch! 🔗 https://thoth.pub 📧 info@thoth.pub Code on Github: https://github.com/thoth-pub/ Social media: Mastodon: https://hcommons.social/@Thoth_metadata Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thoth-metadata.bsky.social Supporting Thoth Daily o...
Organisational partnerships
Delivering a worldwide membership programme requires significant resources. You can make the process more streamlined for yourself by working with trusted partners who can slot into different points in the process. The diagram below shows the relationships and...
12. Archiving and Preservation
The Archiving and Preservation work package works to provide guidance and easy to use tools to help small open access presses archive and preserve their books and associated content (e.g. video, audio files etc.). They have created a help guide which outlines ...
About us
The Open Book Collective hosts a number resources beyond Copim Compass, and rather duplicate content, we will provide links to these. Visit the Open Book Collective’s Information Hub, a repository of important documents relating to the OBC such as the OBC Me...
Further logistics and workflows
You will need to display information on what packages of backlist books you are offering, and where to sign up for them. A sign up or simple enquiry form could be on your website, or on that of a 3rd party, and/or it may point potential members to the subs...
Further considerations: licensing and archiving
Use CC licencing for the OtF-funded frontlist and a Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU) to govern library access to the backlist. Use a reputable host for your OA frontlist (if you do not self-host) who will ensure long-term archiving. We have suggestio...
09. Open Book Accessibility
Renewals
When the current subscription has a few months left, you should get in touch with the librarian you are already in contact with to discuss renewal. Renewals may take the form of additional backlist packages, or a supporter package without backlist content....
Marketing
We recommend regularly (e.g. weekly) disseminating news on your platform and social media about new library sign ups and new Otf-funded titles. We also recommend quarterly updates to your library subscribers. If you have the resources, you may want to market...
02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comprehensive Overview of Resources
In many ways the open access (OA) books landscape has exploded in the last few years, with increasing numbers of OA initiatives, open infrastructures, policies, best practice guidelines, explanatory guides, how-to toolkits for OA publishing, and many more. Eve...
Outreach to former and current authors
Where possible, ask your authors to undertake outreach to their own library about the model. Outreach to backlist authors Authors who have published with the press are likely to be among the keenest to ensure its future prosperity. Authors who have previousl...
03. Author Success Stories
As open access (OA) book publishing has begun to flourish, many publishers and institutional libraries have created testimonials from the authors of these books. These testimonials cover a wide variety of aspects of OA publishing; some describe how and why an ...
Outreach to open access or scholarly communications librarians
OA/scholarly communications librarians may support this model as part of the broader effort to shift the academic landscape towards open research. Open access librarians are often extremely savvy and well versed in new models for open access. Given the affor...
05. Publisher Success Stories
Open Access is reshaping the future of scholarly book publishing, offering new opportunities for publishers to expand reach, enhance impact, and support equitable access to knowledge. The last ten years or so have seen a florescence of ‘born’ OA publishers. Th...