Proposal for an Alternative Academic Press

Abstract

The following proposal is for an Alternative Academic Press. The intent of this initiative would be to increase the production of scholarly monographs, particularly in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, in order to advance scholarship in these areas. An additional goal of the initiative will be to develop a model for academic publishing that will be less expensive than traditional academic publishing and produce a product that will be open access in its electronic form and available at cost for a print-on-demand copy. The proposal will be based on the principles of disruptive innovation developed by Clayton Christensen.