{"id":7850,"date":"2026-05-08T09:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/?page_id=7850"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:55:09","slug":"leistungsbeschreibung","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/en\/leistungsbeschreibung\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Service Description --><br \/>\nmdwPress offers comprehensive publishing services for <strong>Open Access publications<\/strong> (PDF and HTML). For book publications, the production of a print edition is also available as an option.<\/p>\n<p>Our services include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>personal support throughout the entire publication project,<\/li>\n<li>the organization of quality assurance processes,<\/li>\n<li>layout and typesetting,<\/li>\n<li>production of various publication formats, as well as<\/li>\n<li>distribution and marketing. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a publishing house directly affiliated with mdw, we offer a <strong>personal exchange<\/strong> and can thus respond specifically to the concerns, individual needs, and wishes of authors and editors.<br \/>\nAs an active member of the open access community and the international movement for <strong>non-commercial publishing services<\/strong>, mdwPress has an excellent network and is continuously expanding its range of services.<\/p>\n<p>To meet the demand for printed book editions, we collaborate with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-publishing.com\/become-a-transcript-author\">transcript publishing<\/a>, which, in addition to an excellent distribution network in German-speaking countries, also facilitates <strong>international distribution<\/strong> for English-language publications.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: 0; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;\">\n<h2>Publication Costs<\/h2>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Only<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For digital-only publications, <strong>no fees<\/strong> are charged to our authors and editors. This applies to both books and journals.<br \/>\nAdditional costs such as copy editing, translations, or license fees for digital-only books can usually be covered by the mdw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Print Version<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For book publications, we offer the option of an additional print publication through our partnership with transcript. This option <strong>includes costs<\/strong> that can currently be covered by the mdw to the extent of an average book publication. This funding is explicitly intended to support early-career researchers. Established researchers with appropriate funding for their posts are encouraged to cover these costs from their own resources wherever possible.<br \/>\nAdditional expenses such as copy editing, translations, or license fees <em>cannot <\/em>usually be covered under this option.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: 0; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;\">\n<h2>Services in Detail<\/h2>\n<div class=\"bdaia-toggle close\"><h4 class=\"bdaia-toggle-head toggle-head-open\"><span class=\"bdaia-sio bdaia-sio-angle-up\"><\/span><span class=\"txt\">Services for all publication projects<\/span><\/h4><h4 class=\"bdaia-toggle-head toggle-head-close\"><span class=\"bdaia-sio bdaia-sio-angle-down\"><\/span><span class=\"txt\">Services for all publication projects<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"toggle-content\"><p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/diamond-open-access\/\">Open Access<\/a> with flexible Creative Commons licensing<\/li>\n<li>Author-friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/mdwpress-autor_innenvereinb_2022.pdf\">publishing agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Quality assurance through an independent academic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/kuratorium\/\">advisory board<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/qualitaetssicherung\/\">peer review process<\/a> (accepted for FWF grant applications)<\/li>\n<li>Personal counselling and support at the mdw: from the initial idea through to public relations, covering all formal, technical, and organizational issues, e.g., regarding\n<ul>\n<li>Funding Opportunities (through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/forschungsfoerderung\/mdw-interne-foerderung\/\">mdw Research Funding Office<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Referrals to external service providers (translations, copy editing, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Book presentations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>DOI assignment<\/li>\n<li>OAI interfaces for metadata export<\/li>\n<li>Secure long-term archiving in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pub.mdw.ac.at\/pubmdw\/publication\">mdw Repository<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Individual cover design in the mdwPress style<\/li>\n<li>Layout and typesetting (InDesign)<\/li>\n<li>Formats: PDF, HTML<\/li>\n<li>Electronic galley proofs &#038; author\u00b4s copies<\/li>\n<li>Indexing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/en\">DOAB <\/a>and thus distribution to all major library portals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdaia-toggle close\"><h4 class=\"bdaia-toggle-head toggle-head-open\"><span class=\"bdaia-sio bdaia-sio-angle-up\"><\/span><span class=\"txt\">Additional services for print books<\/span><\/h4><h4 class=\"bdaia-toggle-head toggle-head-close\"><span class=\"bdaia-sio bdaia-sio-angle-down\"><\/span><span class=\"txt\">Additional services for print books<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"toggle-content\"><p>\n<ul>\n<li>Availability in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-verlag.de\/mdwpress\/\">transcript Online Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Distribution through transcript\u2019s national and international partners\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-verlag.de\/auslieferungen-print\">Prolit and AVA<\/a> (DACH region), <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-verlag.de\/englische_publikationen\">Gazelle Book Services Ltd.<\/a> (United Kingdom and Europe), <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-verlag.de\/englische_publikationen\">Columbia University Press<\/a> in New York (America and overseas) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inlibra.com\/de\/\">Inlibra <\/a>(transcript e-books)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Additional long-term archiving via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portico.org\/\">Portico<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Print marketing materials such as flyers and preview booklets<\/li>\n<li>Participation in trade shows and conferences, if applicable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdaia-toggle close\"><h4 class=\"bdaia-toggle-head toggle-head-open\"><span class=\"bdaia-sio bdaia-sio-angle-up\"><\/span><span class=\"txt\">Services for journals<\/span><\/h4><h4 class=\"bdaia-toggle-head toggle-head-close\"><span class=\"bdaia-sio bdaia-sio-angle-down\"><\/span><span class=\"txt\">Services for journals<\/span><\/h4><div class=\"toggle-content\"><p>\n<ul>\n<li>provision of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pkp.sfu.ca\/software\/ojs\/\">Open Journal Systems (OJS)<\/a> publication platform, hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slub-dresden.de\/en\/publish\/publia-slub-open-publishing\">SLUB Dresden<\/a> as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musiconn.de\/kontakt\/ueber-den-fid\">musiconn<\/a> specialized information service<\/li>\n<li>long-term archiving: In addition to archiving in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pub.mdw.ac.at\/pubmdw\/publication\">mdw Repository<\/a>, journal articles are archived in the <a href=\"https:\/\/slubarchiv.slub-dresden.de\/\">SLUB Repository<\/a> (PDF) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.babs-muenchen.de\/\">Bavarian State Library<\/a> (HTML).<\/li>\n<li>OJS introduction &#038; 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