Electronic publication of books

New book publication

When you publish your book Open Access with LiU E-Press, you retain copyright. We publish course books, scholarly books, anthologies and more.

This is the process:

1. Contact us at ep@ep.liu.se to discuss your book idea.
2. Check whether the book contains copyrighted material, and whether you have the right to publish its content for Open Access online.
3. If the book is to be included in a series, contact the series editor to obtain approval for publication in the series. If it is to be published as a standalone book, you need approval from your head of department or equivalent. See also E-press publishing terms
4. Apply for an ISBN. You will also receive number within the series as well as a permanent DOI link (this is based on the ISBN).
5. A corresponding author/editor signs a publishing agreement.
6. Submit the manuscript by email to the series editor or directly to us if the book is standalone. We can assist with basic formatting of the book.
7. If the book is a course textbook, we will also publish it on our page for Open Educational Resources as well as in the national Open Educational Resources portal Grena.nu

Get the book reviewed through Kriterium

We require that scholarly books be reviewed before they are published by LiU E-Press. Through our cooperation with Kriterium, your book can be reviewed by other researchers. Send us an outline of your book proposal and we will submit the proposal to Kriterium (Read more about the contents of the proposal on Publish via Kriterium below). When the book has been reviewed and approved, it will be published in series from both LiU E-Press’ and Kriterium. Kriterium’s services are free of charge to you. Kriterium requires that the book is printed in at least 20 copies. Contact LiU Tryck for a quote.

From 2022, Linköping University is a member of the Kriterium consortium.

Publish via Kriterium

Print your book

If you want to also publish your book in print, contact the university printing office LiU Tryck to request a quote. They can also offer professional typesetting and layout of the book even if it is not printed.

LiU-Tryck

Republish a book

If you are the author/co-author of a book or editor/co-editor of an anthology which is out-of-print, you can make the book available at LiU E-Press. If the book is only available in print format we will help you scan the book. This is what you do:

1. Contact the publisher and ask to regain copyright to the book. If that is not possible, ask for permission to publish the book Open Access online.
2. Complete and sign a publishing agreement that permits LiU E-Press to make the book openly accessible online. The agreement must be signed by all contributing authors, either in the same document or on separate copies of the document.
3. If you have the book in pdf or docx format, email the file to us. If you do not have it in either format, an alternative is to send us a print copy and we will take care of the entire process. Regrettably, the spine of that particular copy will be cut in the process.
   • Email the file in docx or pdf format to ep@ep.liu.se
   • If you only have a print copy, mail it to:
     LiU E-Press, Vallabiblioteket,
     Linköpings universtiet,
     S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden