Book Chapter Publishing Fee

The publishing fee for each open-access book chapter in an edited volume is USD 600 or USD 900, depending on whether you choose to receive a hardcover copy of the book.

USD 600: This covers open-access online publication only. There are no hidden costs. The chapter will be published online in three formats—PDF, HTML, and XML—and will be freely available to the public. Authors will retain copyright of their work. Each chapter will be assigned a DOI and registered with CrossRef. Authors can monitor download and citation statistics, which are displayed below the abstract of each chapter. An application will also be submitted to NCBI/NIH/NLM Bookshelf and Scopus for indexing.

USD 900: This includes open-access online publication and a hardcover copy of the book. As a non-commercial publisher, we do not sell books. Copies are printed exclusively for the authors. For example, if a book contains 10 chapters and seven authors order a copy each, only seven copies will be printed. Books are printed in Australia and shipped via DHL to the ordering author’s destination. The cost of international postage and handling often exceeds USD 200, which is higher than the printing cost. Hardcover copies will be printed only if there is interest in at least seven copies.

The corresponding author of each book chapter is responsible for making or arranging the payment (e.g., through their institution) after the chapter receives editorial acceptance. An invoice will be issued to the corresponding author with payment instructions.

How Does Our Cost Compare?

One of our authors provided the following comment, which highlights our affordability:

It costs at least USD 1,500 or more to publish an open-access journal article nowadays (and some are not even indexed in PubMed). Paying USD 900 per article, including a hardcover copy of the book, is quite reasonable considering that it is open access and indexed in reputed repositories.

 

Monograph Publishing Fee (15,000–25,000 words)

USD 1,200: Covers 15,000–20,000 words, up to seven figures (all may be in color and multi-panel), and up to four tables (each must not exceed a single page).

USD 1,500: Covers 20,001–25,000 words, up to ten figures (all may be in color and multi-panel), and up to four tables (each must not exceed a single page).

Why Is a Fee Charged?

A fee is charged to cover the costs of book production and to ensure it remains freely accessible to the public. The typical costs associated with book production include book processing, unrestricted open access, technology, and post-publication activities.

Article Processing: This includes receiving manuscripts, conducting preliminary checks for guideline adherence, plagiarism screening, facilitating communication between authors and editors, organizing peer review, handling revised submissions, copyediting, implementing author corrections, typesetting, layout editing, proofreading, graphic design, cover design, assigning DOIs to articles and references, reference checking, indexing, converting files to XML per NCBI Bookshelf guidelines, adding metadata according to industry standards, purchasing ISBNs and barcodes, and overall project management.

Unrestricted Open Access: All publications are freely available to the public. Anyone with internet access can read and download chapters without restrictions.

Technology: Maintaining an online presence requires a publishing platform, web hosting, security features, and email services.

Post-Publication Activities: These include applying for indexing in various repositories, chapter promotion, marketing, and ensuring continued online availability.