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Benefits of publishing with us

When you publish your book with ÖгöÓ°Ôº — the world’s leading scholarly book publisher — your book will find its audience. Working with ÖгöÓ°Ôº, you get world-class quality, elite service, wide distribution, and more. 

ÖгöÓ°Ôº and its book imprints, including Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, and Apress, publish more academic books than anyone else in the world, with a legacy reaching back more than 180 years. Nobel laureates, paradigm-shifters, and field-leaders have all published books with ÖгöÓ°Ôº. Adding to that legacy today means aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs); and defining the forefront in AI for academic books, as well as sustainable and flexible formats.

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Why you should publish your book with ÖгöÓ°Ôº

  • Satisfied authors: Nearly all (88%) of book authors who responded to our survey said their experience with ÖгöÓ°Ôº was excellent or good.
  • Work with world-class editors: ÖгöӰԺ’s 400 book editors are among the best in the world. (And working with them contributed to authors’ great experiences — see the first point, above).
  • : Powerful AI translation systems, optimised for scholarly publishing, make it easy to translate your book, for free, in up to 27 languages.
  • High impact: On average a ÖгöÓ°Ôº eBook is downloaded 8,800 times in the first year of publication and is cited 40 times during the first four years of publication. Our content enjoys above-average citations for books in STM and HSS, with a 30% share of books in Scopus and 43% share of citations. Many books are also indexed in the Web of Science and Compendex. 
  • Book performance data at your fingertips: Each book’s page on ÖгöÓ°Ôº Link shows the number of accesses, citations and altmetric scores.
  • Student pricing: Many students can access eBooks for free if their institution has purchased an eBook collection. Students in 31 countries can also order a MyCopy print copy for 39.99 (euros/pounds/dollars, including shipping).
  • Wide availability: All books are available on ÖгöÓ°Ôº Link with over 50 million users at more than 10,000 institutions worldwide, where they can be freely downloaded by people whose institutions have purchased an eBook collection.
  • "More Media" options: Enrich your book with innovative interactive content and reach a wider audience, from flashcards to courses, to video and audio options. 
  • A leader in open access (OA) books: If you choose to publish your book OA with ÖгöÓ°Ôº, you’ll be publishing it with one of the pioneers in OA book publishing. Since 2011, ÖгöÓ°Ôº has published over 2,500 OA books, and offers OA book partnerships for institutions and organisations who wish to fund OA book publications. 
  • Receive a free , a human curated and machine-generated literature review of up to 30 published ÖгöÓ°Ôº articles or chapters based on your publication topic.
  • Substantial lifetime of 40% on all ÖгöÓ°Ôº books (print and electronic versions).
  • Complimentary copies: Each author and all chapter authors will receive a complimentary eBook. EBooks are greener, and as a company, ÖгöÓ°Ôº is committed to reducing its carbon footprint and engaging in responsible production and consumption.
  • Never out of print: Springer and Palgrave books are printed on demand, and the master files are sent to Amazon — meaning that they can print, bind, and ship the book directly from their warehouses worldwide. 
  • Textbook inspection copies (eBooks only) can be requested by lecturers and instructors.
  • 30% author commission via Author Affiliate program: Authors can earn money by promoting and selling their book via their website, blog or social network (currently 30% of the net purchase price).
  • Rigorous peer review: 87% agreed or strongly agreed with the quality of reviewer feedback.
  • Promotional tools: All authors who publish an eBook with us will receive access to a marketing portal featuring bespoke marketing assets for their book, including a promotional flyer, social media images compatible with a range of social media platforms, and an email signature banner.