We welcome unconventional and interesting proposals in subject areas between art, journalism, and academia with a focus on music, sound, and noise. We have a democratic review process, giving each proposal the consideration it deserves before we offer a decision.

Your proposal will be reviewed for its originality of thought and topical relevance by the in-house editorial team and may also be sent outside to respected academic and non-academic specialists. We are also open to edited volumes.

Once your proposal has been accepted, a contract will be signed and a timeline agreed for the manuscript submission. All academic books are subject to peer review (double or single blind) once submitted, and authors will be given an opportunity to revise their work based on these reviews.

The authors/editors have to take care of covering the production costs (book processing charge BPC), but we are happy to advise them on applying for funding. For the time being, our publications are published mainly in digital form. We encourage authors/editors to publish open access publications with us, see guidelines below.

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open access

 

Open Access publications are a new way of publishing in today’s academic world. We believe that it offers important access to contents from far beyond communities of research. Norient Books thus supports and enables open access publications. Please find more information below and/or get in touch with us in case of further questions.

models

Norient Books supports both gold and green open access models. With gold open access, the publication is made freely accessible right from the moment of publication, which means it can be used and shared immediately. With green open access, the publication will only be freely accessible following a period of embargo (usually 12 or 24 months). In this case, the book will be distributed as a paid version before.

services

Open Access Services
Norient Books aims to publish high quality content.

• quality check: editorial review, optional peer review (mandatory for academic publishing), and plagiarism screening
• copy editing for books written in a non-native language
• attractive and artificial layout
• editorial support
• free printed copies for the author
• transparent presentation of costs in our individual Open Access offers

Delivery and Access
Norient Books aims to give its publications the greates possible visibility and reach.

• publication in the PDF formats; EPUB on demand
• print version after individual agreement and appropriate funding
• the PDF is bookmarked and searchable, allowing easy navigation inside the file
• landing page for the book and/or product page in the Norient web shop with a clear labeling as an Open Access title, stating the CC license and file size
• registration with databases and directories such as RILM*
• providing the files to libraries as well as library suppliers and other vendors

* Norient Books is a small publishing house that started its activities in 2022. We aim to grow organically and plan to include new directories and databases on a regular basis.

Metadata and Discoverability

• ISBN registration
• DOI (Digital Object Identifier) registration (book and individual chapters)
• metadata delivery to Crossref, Swiss National Library NL, and the Verzeichnis für lieferbare Bücher (VLB)

PR and Marketing

• presentation of the publication to via a press release, sent out to a global list of media professionals
• presentation of the publication via the global Norient network, our newsletter, and our social network channels (including independent campaigns)
• presentation of the publication to a list of dedicated and selected book stores around the world
• distribution of review copies

repository policy

If a publication or chapter has been published in Open Access, the authors are free to redistribute the publisher's version of the PDF. It is necessary to label all further publications with the Creative Commons license under which the original work was published and that the original source is specified, i.e. the publication of Norient Books with a link to the publisher's website or to the DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

costs and funding

The publication of scientific research is associated with costs and investments. Individual production costs of a book depend on the requirements of the respective publication (special features in the layout, illustrations, requirements for translation and copy editing services, etc.). In addition, there are publishing overheads for, among other things, advising the authors and editors, editorial support, international distribution, marketing, the provision and maintenance of the hosting platform, warehousing, delivery, open access services (see above) etc.

The additional costs for an open access publication and the loss of sales revenue need to be compensated by an open access fee (also known as a book processing charge, or BPC for short). This fee is often covered by a third party. The following financing models are currently common:

• the institution where the author works will bear the costs
• crowdfunding
• third-party funds (e.g. from a research grant)
• author contribution (author pays model)

Norient Books Calculation Model (2022)*

*Our calculations are updated on a regular basis as the economic parameters are subject to change.

Book processing charge: depending on the number of pages from CHF 12,000 to 15,000. This rate includes all services described above.

Additional costs (optional and all according to effort)

• individual editing and proofreading expenses
• foreign language proofreading/copy-editing
• individually desired additional expenses quality control
• special administrative expenses
• special expenses e-book (enriched e-book etc.)

We calculate each book project individually, regardless of whether it is subject to a fee or not. Please request your individual open access offer from us (see Book Proposal Form via books (at) norient.com).

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