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Opening the Future is meant to support authors who do not have access to BPCs. Where there is funding from a grant funder or an institution we will use those funds first. Only after these avenues have been explored will we see if your book meets the criteria we’ve set for our OtF programme. Our acquisitions editors welcome your enquiry and can discuss your own particular situation.
Yes. For more detailed information contact us: ceupress.com/open-access-ceu-press
Funding support for OA is variable and is changing all the time as the move towards making more books OA continues. We are working within the guidelines all the time even as they change, making sure that books get funded. This is the case, for example with the new UKRI rules where there is some funding, but not enough to cover all book outputs from grant supported researchers. Talk with one of our acquisitions editors for more information.
Yes, it can remain closed – but we’d like to discuss with you whether this is the best way to publish your book. At the moment we don’t have sufficient funding to cover all books going OA, and while that is our aspiration, we would not force anyone to go OA - the final choice is with the author.
Yes, we do. In fact all the publishing processes are identical, with the same promotional activities as well as making print editions available. For more information see our OA page for authors: ceupress.com/open-access-ceu-press
There is no linkage between an institution supporting our programme and their own authors being allowed to publish OA. Authors at member institutions do not get ‘preferential’ or ‘discounted’ publishing deals: OA books are chosen on merit, through the normal editorial proposal process and are peer reviewed. Authors are always welcome to submit a monograph proposal through our normal process but membership of Opening the Future is not a factor in the editorial or acceptance process.
You can read more about our OA publishing policy and funding requirements on our website here:
Opening the Future is not like a ‘transformative agreement’ in the journal world. There is no linkage between an institution supporting the model and their own authors being allowed to publish OA, and it’s not based on the support of individual titles. If anything it’s more like a ‘Subscribe to Open’ offer. Participating libraries get unlimited access to curated selections of backlist eBooks at a much cheaper price than buying them in print one at a time. The subscription fees are then used to publish new OA books.
In a sense, the programme is trying to break the link between institutions paying and their own authors being allowed to publish openly, in favour of the press securing a 100% open frontlist and so achieving the former by default. It’s perhaps better thought of as an attempt to build an open, global ‘collection’ that is shared by libraries in common, around the world. There are no BPCs charged, and authors at participating institutions do not get ‘preferential’ or ‘discounted’ publishing deals: OA books are chosen on merit through the normal editorial proposal process and are peer reviewed. The cost of producing OA books is paid for by the collected library subscription fees: the more libraries sign up, the more OA books can be published.
Central European University Press is pleased to evaluate book proposals which suit the publishing programme and the list of titles of the Press. Proposals that clearly fall outside our subject areas will not be considered or acknowledged. For more information go to our webpage: