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<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Opening the Future</title> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:wght@300&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Slab&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/custom_bootstrap.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/tweaks.css"> <script src="https://kit.fontawesome.com/e080d77c8d.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> </head> <body> <div class="container-fluid"> <!-- Image and text --> <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-primary"> <a class="navbar-brand" href="#"> <img src="/media/OtF.png" height="58" alt="Opening the Future"> </a> <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav" aria-controls="navbarNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation"> <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span> </button> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse w-100 flex-md-column" id="navbarNav"> <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto mb-2 mb-md-0"> <li class="nav-item"> <h2 class="text-white">Opening the Future</h2> </li> </ul> <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto"> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link py-1" href="/">Home</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link py-1" href="/model/">About the Model</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link py-1" href="/supporters/">Supporters</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link py-1" href="/news/">News</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link py-1" href="/contact/">Contact</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> <div class="jumbotronshowcase"> <div class="container for-about" style="padding-bottom:10px"> <h1>Opening the Future: A Funding Model for Open Access Books</h1> <h2><p><font color="#ffffff"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Funding BPC-free open access book publishing while also broadening library collections through an affordable subscription to closed content.</span></font><br></p><style> </style> <p><span style="font-size: 18px;">We're reshaping how knowledge dissemination is funded and accessed, by leveraging the collective contributions of academic libraries worldwide. Your <i>Opening the Future</i> membership funds presses to publish new OA monographs, while your library simultaneously benefits from access to closed content, and no single institution bears a disproportionate burden. <br>For a modest annual fee your library gets DRM-free, unlimited access to a closed-access selection of the press' backlist, with perpetual access after three years. The press uses the membership revenue solely to produce new OA monographs, moving towards an affordable, sustainable model for academic publishing and creating a collection of OA books that are open for the world.</span><br></p> <p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Be part of something special. Join the global community of supporting libraries who have already committed to <i>Opening the Future</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>NEWSFLASH:</b> we are currently seeking three new scholarly presses with whom to launch the OtF model. If you are a small publisher interested in moving towards OA for books, incrementally and with low risk, then please contact the OtF team. More information and contact details can be <a href="https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/y1nzugp1/release/1?readingCollection=09294f95" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><u>found on our blog site</u></a>.</span></p></h2> </div> </div> <section> <div class="bg-dark content"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12 text-center header"> <h1>Sign up to support a press:</h1> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12 text-center"> <a href="https://ceup.openingthefuture.net"><img src="/media/CEUP_white_logo_on_transparent.png" class="img-fluid mb-4 border border-white" style="max-height:150px; padding:10px;" alt="CEU Press"></a> <a href="https://lup.openingthefuture.net"><img src="/media/Founded_1899_large_yqpWBuV.png" class="img-fluid mb-4 border border-white" style="max-height:150px; padding:10px;" alt="Liverpool University Press"></a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section> <div class="row" style="margin-top:30px; height:auto; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12 card-col"> <div class="card h-100 text-white" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; background-image: url('/media/Showcase_benefit_box_1_wjjIURq.png')"> <div class="card-img-overlay card-bg" style="position: relative; height:100%;"> <h2 class="card-title text-center">Are you assessing OA book publishing initiatives?</h2> <p class="card-text text-center"><p style="text-align: center; "><i><span style="font-size: 10px;">Opening the Future</span></i><span style="font-size: 10px;"> helps you make informed decisions by ticking all the boxes:</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10px;">· </span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Works with existing acquisition infrastructure</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10px;">· </span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Supports Diversity, Equity & Inclusion goals</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10px;">· </span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Builds your library collection with perpetual access</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10px;">· </span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Benefits authors and institutions without dedicated OA funds</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10px;">· </span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Authors and institutions don’t have to pay expensive BPCs</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10px;">· </span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Complies with funder mandates for monograph publishing</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10px;">· </span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Supports small independent university and mission-driven presses</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10px;">· </span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 10px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Sources and disseminates research openly and globally</span></p></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12 card-col"> <div class="card h-100 text-white" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; background-image: url('/media/Showcase_benefit_box_2.png')"> <div class="card-img-overlay card-bg" style="position: relative; height:100%;"> <h2 class="card-title text-center">Value For Money</h2> <p class="card-text text-center"><p style="text-align: center; ">A three-year commitment to receive perpetual access to 50 titles while simultaneously funding new OA books is less than half an average BPC for <i>a single book</i> at many commercial publishers. <br></p></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12 card-col"> <div class="card h-100 text-white" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; background-image: url('/media/Showcase_benefit_box_3.png')"> <div class="card-img-overlay card-bg" style="position: relative; height:100%;"> <h2 class="card-title text-center">No catches and no hidden fees. No bait and switch.</h2> <p class="card-text text-center"><p style="text-align: center; ">Members won’t be asked to pay more on top of their annual fee to access ‘more’ or ‘better’ titles. Access to titles won’t suddenly change. 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