Analysis shows how varying book processing charges impact costs in UK monograph publishing.
Thinking more about how book processing charges concentrate costs. The largest four monograph publishers in the UK (CUP, OUP, T&F, Palgrave) published 5,023 monographs in 2013 (source: Crossick report). At a £6,500 BPC (CUP price) this would cost £32,649,500. At an £11,000 BPC (Palgrave price) this would cost £55,253,000. At Ubiquity Press's BPC of £5,050 (including copyediting) this would cost £25,366,150.
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