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Unglue.it launched in May with five campaigns. One of those, Finnegan’s “Oral Literature in Africa,” took off and was published on Sept. 12. (Download it here.)
Hellman says Unglue.it's focus is on backlist titles, those whose rights have reverted to their authors. He adds that academic books are a good match for Unglue.it “because people write them not to make money but as part of their academic work. It’s a good fit with the authors’ motivations. There are a number of publishers who are starting to experiment with open access in that market, and those markets tend to be easy to reach,” says Hellman. “The communities are relatively close-knit and we can reach them without too much difficulty. It’s hard to know what other areas might work. We really don’t know yet.”
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