I perceive they are doing better, may not be like Elsevier, Springer & T& F.
Well, I contributed to an edited book once and didn't get a complimentary copy. Instead, I was offered the opportunity to buy the book at a reduced but still ridiculously high price. Later, it turned out that they had published my book chapter as an article in one of their journals without even informing me about it. In the end, the most important thing is readership. You should check how IGI Global publications are accessible to the colleagues you want to read yours.
IGI Global is a very unprofessional and exploitative publisher. They don’t have the good ethics of scientific research publishing. Based on my experience in two times that I submitted to them, I decided never to submit any paper to any of their journals or books again. In the first time, I submitted a paper to an IGI Global journal. The paper was reviewed by only one reviewer, and his or her decision was to reject without stating any convincing or clear reasons. The editor rejected the paper without providing any comments or reasons. In the second time, I submitted a book chapter which was reviewed by three reviewers, and all three replied with very minor revisions and gave all their score 7 and 8 out of 8. The two editors of the book then rejected the chapter after four months saying that “It is not fit to the scope of the book”. I sent objection emails to the book development and to the editors without getting any reply. It is very annoying to have such bad publishers deceiving researchers with their statements that they do correct peer reviewing and publishing. My advice to all fellow researchers: submit your papers only to well-known publishers that you trust.
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