As mentioned earlier in this blog, Joachim Schöpfel and I will publish the anthology „Open Divide? Critical Studies on Open Access“ in Spring 2018. The book itself will not be published in Gold Open Access, but all authors retain the right to make their contribution openly available on a repository (or elsewhere).nnHere is the bibliographic information on Open Divide:nOpen Divide? Critical Studies on Open AccessnEditors: Ulrich Herb and Joachim SchöpfelnPrice: $35.00nExpected: Spring 2018nPublisher: Litwin BooksnISBN: 978-1-63400-029-1nnRichard Poynder has already published his contribution, the preface to Open Divide, in his blog: https://poynder.blogspot.de/2018/01/preface-open-divide.html.nnThe list of all articles in the anthology with links to texts available as Open Access publications can be found here. Joachim Schöpfel and I encourage all authors to publish their texts Open Access and in this blog I will provide a list of links to theses full texts.nnAn important topic in Open Divide is the ongoing commercialisation of Open Access. In Germany, the DEAL project is trying to promote Open Access and in particular to counteract this commercialisation by setting up Open Access consortia with major scientific publishers. However, it is sometimes feared that DEAL can intensify precisely this commercialization. Here are two hints that may be useful in this context:nnBjörn Brembs & Alex Holcombe (2017). Open access in Germany : the best DEAL is no deal with Elsevier. Times Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/open-access-germany-best-deal-no-dealnnUlrich Herb, „Ist Open Access an ein Ende gelangt? Ein Interview“. LIBREAS. Library Ideas, 32 (2017). http://libreas.eu/ausgabe32/herb/
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