Situated within Africa’s leading university, the University of Cape Town, the press is a scholar-led, non-commercial publisher committed to social justice by making scholarly work widely accessible and discoverable. While its publications primarily focus on the humanities, UCT Press also welcomes interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scholarship in the form of monographs and edited collections that offer new insights from African perspectives.
Fees & tiers
UCT Press 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 | GBP |
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 | 1200 800 500 | 1700 1140 710 | 1650 1100 680 | 1050 700 430 | 880 600 375 |
UCT Press applies Book Processing Charges (BPCs) solely to cover the costs associated with the production of open access books. These charges do not include expenses related to marketing activities, such as book launches, nor does UCT Press apply any mark-up to generate profit.
Recognising that reliance on BPCs is not a sustainable long-term model for open access publishing, additional funding will be used to support the publication of works by non-UCT authors, enhance metadata management, and strengthen the marketing and visibility of the Press.
Contract length
Benefits
UCT Press provides those who support its Membership Package with:
- An annual report or a link to a report online, detailing the book titles that have been made open access with the financial support gained through the Open Book Collective programme, along with usage statistics
- Acknowledgement of supporting libraries on its website.
- The right to upload the titles that have been made open access with their support to their own platform.
- The right to use UCT Press’ logo in marketing activities exclusively related to the library’s participation in the Open Book Collective programme.
