Rice University Press is being revived in an attempt to break the problematic cycle of scholarly publishing…
Inside Higher Ed :: New Model for Scholarly Publishing
Rice University on Thursday announced a plan to shake up those interconnected problems. Rice University Press, which was killed in 1996, will be revived. But unlike every other university press, it will publish all of its books online only. People will be able to read the books for no charge and to download them for a modest fee. Editors will solicit manuscripts and peer review panels will vet submissions — all in ways that are similar to the systems in traditional publishing.
