Digitization, Internet publishing and the revival of scholarly monographs: An empirical study in India

Authors

  • Rojers P. Joseph Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
  • Shishir K. Jha Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v20i1.4932

Keywords:

Monograph publishing, crisis, print on demand, bundled e-books, e-consortium, revival

Abstract

This research shows the growing utility of internet-based digital models in reviving the crisis-stricken traditional print monograph publishing. The rising prices of scientific journals in the past three decades forced academic and research libraries to resort to cutbacks on monograph budgets. The declining sales to libraries and rising production costs led to a significant drop in global demand for print monographs, rendering monograph publishing financially unattractive. Combining the flexibility of digitized content with the global reach of the Internet, three emerging digital models — print on demand, bundled e-books, and e-consortia — are beginning to revamp the monograph publishing business.

Author Biographies

Rojers P. Joseph, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak

Shishir K. Jha, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Associate Professor, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management

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Published

2015-01-04

How to Cite

Joseph, R. P., & Jha, S. K. (2015). Digitization, Internet publishing and the revival of scholarly monographs: An empirical study in India. First Monday, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v20i1.4932