1. IWA Publishing – Developing an Open Access books portfolio
SSP webinar  London, Tuesday 17th October 2017
IWA Publishing – Developing an Open Access books portfolio
Rod Cookson, Managing Director

2. Who are we?
We are an association publishing house, focused on research publication and with some practitioner content
IWA is a charity with around 10,000 members worldwide
Our goal is to spread knowledge about the world’s most valuable resource – water
We publish 14 journals – c2,400 articles annually
And c30 books each year – with a backfile of c800 titles
Books are a key mechanism for reaching our practitioner audiences worldwide, often in Low Income Countries

3. 1 Tentative steps on the road to Open Access book publishing
So, Rod and Hakan have given you an overview of where we stand in the market and what our areas of strength are within the portfolio. I would like to talk now on how our proposition compares to those of our competitors.
For the sake of time, I want to only focus only on those things that, in my opinion, are key to the success of a medicine & health science portfolio.

4. What have we done so far?
First free access book in 2009, fully OA book in 2013
We have an online collection of 31 open books:
23 free-to-view
7 fully OA
1 non-OA book with 5 OA chapters
More in the pipeline:
3 fully OA in production (including two Spanish translations)
3 fully OA with contracts pending
4 more OA books proposed
Five most downloaded books all free to view – 20k+ downloads for one title

5. Fair fees: Book Publication Charge (BPC) for typical book of 140 pages $8,750 / £7,000 / €8,250 and for chapter of 15 pages $1,250 / £1,000 / €1,175

6. 2 Partners help extend reach
So, Rod and Hakan have given you an overview of where we stand in the market and what our areas of strength are within the portfolio. I would like to talk now on how our proposition compares to those of our competitors.
For the sake of time, I want to only focus only on those things that, in my opinion, are key to the success of a medicine & health science portfolio.

7. OPEN ACCESS BOOK DATABASES

9. Performance since joining OAPEN in 2015
Pub date: October 2013
Print book sales: 2
Downloads: 781 (OAPEN), 385 (our e-Book)
Pub date: August 2014
Print book sales: 56
Downloads: 106 (OAPEN), 523 (our e-Book)
Pub date: October 2013
Print book sales: 10
Downloads: 498 (OAPEN), 129 (our e-Book)

10. Geography of our OAPEN downloads (Top 10 countries)

12. The future 3
So, Rod and Hakan have given you an overview of where we stand in the market and what our areas of strength are within the portfolio. I would like to talk now on how our proposition compares to those of our competitors.
For the sake of time, I want to only focus only on those things that, in my opinion, are key to the success of a medicine & health science portfolio.

14. IWA Blue Notes – short, free e-books
Short OA e-books on:
Regenerative Water Services
Water Sensitive Urban Design
Basin Connected Cities
Water-Wise Communities
Potential for multiple series under each heading
Each IWA Blue Note c30 pages long – so a series of three similar length to a short book
Aim is to publish four series annually
Sponsored by industry / research funders

15. The author’s dilemma?

16. Thanks to Sara Bosshart, Open Access Publisher