Manchester University Press is committed to publishing Open Access books. You can find all our Open Access content on our Open Access platform, manchesteropenhive .
The table below sets out our Open Access policy:
| Options | Access | Licence | Inclusion of 3rd party material | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| We are particularly interested in monographs and edited volumes. Typically textbooks, handbooks, readers or reference works will not be published Open Access. Please contact the relevant commissioning editor if you are unsure which category your book falls under. | DRM free PDF available from OAPEN as well as other formats as required by the OA funder. Retail eBook (e.g. Kindle, Nook, iBook) and POD print version will be made available for customers and readers to purchase | Recommended licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) We are happy to consider other licence requests. Please contact to discuss. | We prefer material that is already available under a CC licence or copyright owned material that is permitted to be reproduced under the same CC licence as the intended book. We can include non-CC licenced material if the copyright owner is clearly stated in the caption with a note that material cannot be reused without permission. The copyright page will state ‘CC-BY-NC-ND unless otherwise stated’ | £9850 (+VAT 20% UK) for up to 120,000 words This price includes up to 20 images. In some circumstances, extra charges may apply. Colour images are used in digital editions, but black & white only for print. Please contact the relevant commissioning editor if you are unsure which category your book falls under. |
*Find out more about OAPEN and Creative Commons.
If you are interested in publishing an Open Access book with Manchester University Press, or have questions on Open Access book publishing, please contact the relevant subject editor:
MUP do offer an Open Access option for chapters in edited volumes. Please contact the commissioning editor to discuss options.
Contracted MUP books can be converted onto our Open Access programme up until the manuscript enters production.
| What can I archive? | Where? | When? |
|---|---|---|
| Metadata of book chapters | Anywhere, with a link back to the MUP website | From contract being signed |
| AAM of on chapter | Institutional and subject repositories; social sharing sites | 18 months after publication |
| Final version of chapter | Nowhere | Never |