# Case studies

- The [Thoth](http://thoth.pub) metadata manager is presently being used in production by a number of small/scholar-led publishers, including [African Minds](https://www.africanminds.co.za/), [Mattering Press](https://www.matteringpress.org/), [mediastudies.press](https://www.mediastudies.press/), [meson press](https://meson.press/), [Open Book Publishers](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/), and [punctum books](https://punctumbooks.com/)
- [White Horse Press](https://www.whpress.co.uk/) currently submits metadata to Nielsen and BDS but is working towards making book metadata available via Thoth and [ScienceOpen’s BookMetaHub](https://blog.scienceopen.com/2022/03/bookmetahub-metadata-made-simple/) (direct correspondence)
- [Stockholm University Press ](https://www.stockholmuniversitypress.se/)used [Ubiquity](https://www.ubiquitypress.com/) to manage its metadata, as well as [Lightning Source](https://myaccount.lightningsource.com/), its print-on-demand service, to distribute metadata to vendors ([Business Models for OA books](https://toolkit.openbookcollective.org/books/02-key-resources-and-sources/page/business-models-for-open-access-books)).