Verlag Barbara Budrich is an independent academic publishing company specialising in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Verlag Barbara Budrich offers a membership package with tiered pricing, as detailed below. For pricing in other countries, please contact info@openbookcollective.org
Tier structure
TIER | USA & AUS | CANADA | EU* | UK |
Tier 1 | 10,000+ FTE | CRKN bands 11-13 | Large org., high income country | Jisc bands 1-4 |
Tier 2 | 5,000-9,999 FTE | CRKN bands 7-10 | Medium org., high income country | Jisc bands 5-6 |
Tier 3 | 0-4,999 FTE | CRKN bands 1-6 | Small org., high income country / orgs. from middle-income countries | Jisc bands 7-10 |
*In the case of European institutions, tiering is determined by a combination of organisation size and the World Bank's classification of countries by income. Small organisations are defined as 0-4,999 FTE, medium organisations are defined as 5,000-9,999 FTE, and large organisations as 10,000+ FTE.
Fees
| TIER | USD | AUD | CAD | EUR | EUR | GBP |
| Tier 1 | 3400 | 5500 | 4900 | 3300 | 5500 | 2800 |
| Tier 2 | 1600 | 2500 | 2200 | 1500 | 3300 | 1300 |
| Tier 3 | 570 | 920 | 820 | 500 | 1500 | 460 |
Contract length
Benefits
Verlag Barbara Budrich provides those who support its Membership Package with:
- Supporters can download for free the full range of formatted digital editions of Verlag Barbara
Budrich’s books (pdf, and, if available epub and XML). Any student, faculty member or
alumnus registered with a Supporter can freely download and keep any digital edition of any
title from Verlag Barbara Budrich’s website;
- Publications will be accessible for readers with visual impairments or reading difficulties,
according to the German “Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz”, the Accessibility Enhancement
Act;
- Supporters contribute to the publication of some 10 to 15 new high quality Open Access
research monographs under an CC-BY license;
- Supporters can upload any digital edition of Verlag Barbara Budrich’s titles to their own digital
repository or ebook collection to keep permanently. If Supporters decided to terminate their
membership, they will maintain permanent and uninterrupted access to all titles accessible
during their membership period;
- Supporters receive regular usage statistics;
- Verlag Barbara Budrich supplies Supporters with an annual report, or a link to a report online, detailing both key activities over the year as well as key financial information, including the contribution of OBC funds to its revenue streams;
- Verlag Barbara Budrich provides Supporters with an annual sustainability report or a link to the report online, demonstrating the impact, open access publishing has on reducing carbon
emissions, i.e. due to reduction of print runs, transportation etc.
