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How can we achieve sustainable funding for open access books?

Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.673 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 28, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 27, 2024
Published on: Feb 11, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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