Can I publish my monograph in Open Access?

Yes.

Though article OA is well developed, monograph OA is still in its infancy and practices are much less standardised than for journals. Nevertheless, more and more publishers allow for the OA publication of digital versions of books from the moment of publication (Gold OA). The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB ) lists academic, peer reviewed Open Access books. OpenEdition  is another Open Access Book platform mainly for books in French. Both are excellent sources to get to know the publishers who already publish books in Open Access. The costs of Gold Open Access to books is financed by the SNSF for all swiss-based researchers.

It is also possible to gran Open Access to books through the Green Road, or the self-archiving of the manuscript and its opening after an embargo. In this case, researchers are expected to negotiate with publishers on a case-by-base basis. UNIL researchers can request funding for Green OA for books through the Fonds de publications UNIL.