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Issue 44 Issue closed. ONIX 3.0 output for JSTOR available.

JSTOR is a digital library for the scholarly community, managed by non-profit ITHAKA. JSTOR focuses mainly on articles, but has been increasing its range with monographs and edited collections. Books are automatically cut up in individual chapters, and provided with stable URLs and DOIs, sometimes in conflict with already extant persistent identifiers.

Joining the programme

More information for book publishers here and how to submit content to JSTOR for Editorial Review here.

For Thoth Plus publishers:

  • Editorial Review: Thoth will facilitate review of the press by the JSTOR editors. The review will make sure the press is a good fit for the books programme per their editorial guidelines. 
  • OA-only publisher distribution: Thoth can act as full agent on behalf of the publisher in the OA books programme on JSTOR, managing the publisher's account.
  • Hybrid publisher distribution: If a publisher also wishes to submit other content to JSTOR, Thoth can be granted co-access to the publisher's JSTOR account. Thoth will deliver OA files and the publisher can continue to deliver other content. The publisher will remain in control of their JSTOR account.

File delivery

  • Protocol: FTP upload
  • Ebook files: Accessible PDF, EPUB, JPEG cover image (150dpi)
  • Metadata: ONIX 2.1 or ONIX 3.0
  • Chapter support: yes

JSTOR's book submission requirements

Accessibility

In support of the EU Accessibility Act, to improve accessibility practices for ebooks, JSTOR now hosts EPUBs, which are more inclusive and accessible by design. The goal is to ensure that all of JSTOR's ebooks are available in formats that support users with disabilities and reflect forward-thinking accessibility practices.

JSTOR will continue to host PDFs (as well as EPUBs) in response to feedback from students, researchers, and faculty that prefer PDFs as a file format. Therefore, they will still require publishers to provide PDFs, but will now accept EPUB versions as well, and encourage publishers to provide them if they are available.

To ensure that ebooks on JSTOR are consistently accessible to users, JSTOR is providing publishers with two options for hosting ebooks: you can send either an accessible PDF on its own, or a standard PDF accompanied by an accessible EPUB.

Books at JSTOR FAQ for Accessibility Metadata & Files

For information on best practices for making either a PDF or an EPUB accessible, see Accessibility Submission Guidelines. There are many great resources for making simple changes to your PDF or EPUB workflows to enhance the accessibility of your files.

Processing

Books are usually processed and made live within 5-10 days of receipt.

Publisher Records

Publisher records can be browsed on JSTOR by publisher here.

Publisher Usage Reports

Publisher can access Book Publisher Usage Reports. Thoth Plus publishers will be provided with credentials for access.

Books at JSTOR publisher reports are self-service reports that capture the usage of your books on JSTOR by institution, location, or title. The reporting system enables you to:

  • Schedule reports yourself
  • Choose to request a one-time report or a scheduled report
  • Customize your report to be cumulative or to only contain data from a certain time period

More info about how to use the reports here.