eBooks

All of our titles will be freely available online without restriction. Researchers’ work will be widely indexed and fully accessible to a global audience.

All of our authors will be encouraged to also make the data underlying their research openly available, and linked to from the books.

Ubiquity Press ebook content will be available in all major formats including epub, PDF, HTML and Kindle. Content will also be available optimised for mobile devices.

Readers will be able to download either an entire book or individual chapters, depending on their needs.

All individually authored items (i.e. books, chapters, data) will be citable using DOIs. Citations will be tracked, which will enable authors to take credit for their book publications in the same way they currently do with journal articles. This is especially important for disciplines such as the humanities where over 50% of research outputs can be in book form, and will help UK researchers to better articulate their impact for the REF exercise.

All content will be available through print on demand, and readers will be able to order either entire books, individual chapters, or individually selected compilations.

The majority of academic publishers take too long to get researchers’ work to the public. Once a book’s content has passed peer review and final copy has been supplied, Ubiquity Press undertakes to publish within one month. We also offer the possibility of publishing by chapter.

Books and chapters will be published with processing fees similar to those used for journals, based on the size of the work. These fees will be paid either by the author, their funder, or institution, and can be waived or discounted depending on the circumstances of the author.

All online content will be available free of charge to anyone, while print on demand will be charged for and a percentage of the income from this will be returned to the authors. For more information, see: www.ubiquitypress.com/about