Hi Falk
RE: your question ".... does open access increase or decrease sales figures of hardcopy monographs?"
A really interesting paper by Colin Steele, from the Australian National University in Australia, on the future of the scholarly monograph, cites a paper Eve Gray and Associates that may provide the 'evidence' you are seeking.
BOOK TO THE FUTURE: 21ST CENTURY MODELS FOR THE
SCHOLARLY MONOGRAPH
Colin Steele
Excerpt:
"...Evidence from those publishers who provide material free of charge on the web is that
free access to books on the web actually generate more conventional book sales. A
South African Open Access publishing project made books available free of charge
online, but then the sales turnover of the HRSC Press in question rose by 300%. The
conclusion was that "availability of full text online for scholarly publications does
push up sales". (Eve Gray and Associates, 2004)" p5
http://dspace.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/43261/1/Charleston_publishing_document.pdf
Referenced source:
Eve Gray and Associates. (2004) Digital Publishing and Open Access for Social
Science Research Dissemination. p22. Available at
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/eve_gray.pdf
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Subject: Monographes and Open Access
Is anybody aware of recent valid empirical studies on monographes in science and humanities and open access? For example, does open access increase or decrease sales figures of hardcopy mongraphes?
Many thanks, all the best
Falk Reckling
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