Case studies

Digital dissemination

Helsinki University Press and Stockholm University Press: both use Ubiquity Press, as well as indexing all books in the Directory of Open Access Books. Helsinki University Press also uses JSTOR (Business Models for OA Books).

Language Science Press: Copies are listed in the Directory of Open Access Books, Google Books, Amazon, VLB, Zenodo , EBSCO and Proquest. Language Sccience Press has also contract with Scopus (LSP website)

Open Book Publishers: Uses nine metadata aggregators and eleven ebook retail/distribution platforms. Books are also made available via textbook platforms, including MERLOT, Open Textbook Library, BC Campus OpenEd, College Open Textbooks and OER Commons (Jisc Interviews, Rupert Gatti).

Print distribution

African Minds: Distributes print copies in South Africa via Sula Book Distributors, and internationally via African Books Collective.

Mattering Press, Open Book Publishers, Stockholm University Press: Each distributes print copies via Lightning Source. Open Book Publishers additionally uses GOBI (Business Models for OA Books).