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Academic self-publishing is a major new trend in scientific and academic publishing. Across all genres of book, the number of self-published books has grown rapidly in recent years and now represents over 30% of all e-book sales.

Over the last decade Article Processing Charge (APC) has become the main business model for Open Access journals, especially those with commercial publishers.

The number of peer reviewed academic books published in an Open Access model has grown strongly over the past few years. In this article, we summarise what the research says about the major benefits of publishing academic books as Open Access.