Sydney University Press was restarted in 2003 to provide print-on-demand books from the University Library’s digital collections. Since 2005, it has also been publishing new research titles. Through its co-location with the University’s repository, it has begun to explore Open Access in conjunction with commercial publication. A number of SUP titles are freely available chapter-by-chapter in the University repository, with a link to purchase the printed volume. This paper explores some of the issues around scholarly publishing in the digital age: exposure, expertise and reputation vs commercial imperatives; digital production and flexible uses, and the role of the scholarly publisher.
