Book processing charges (BPC) and Chapter processing charges (CPC)

Authors are asked to pay a Book Processing Charge (BPC) or Chapter processing charges (CPC) in order for their book or chapter to be published Open Access under a Creative Commons license. This covers the costs of commissioning, copyediting and proofreading, production, dissemination and promotion of our authors’ work, including online hosting and indexing.


Visit our Open Access books and chapters page along with our pricing page for information related to book-processing charges.

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