Open Book Publishers

OBP Winter Newsletter

We have exciting news about awards, upcoming events, new and forthcoming publications, an interview with our Editor Melissa Purkiss and a conversation with our recent volunteer Marie Palmer. Also, the latest set of MARC records containing all our new and past titles is now available here.

Our books

Jane Austen in Covid

Read editor Jane Stabler's new blog post on 'Jane Austen: Reflections of a Reader'.

Framing the Third Reich: A new approach to National Socialist photography

Read now Yinuo Meng's new blog post on one of our latest title 'Photography in the Third Reich: Art, Physiognomy and Propaganda', written by Christopher Webster.

press

Africa’s Image in Ghana’s Press: The influences of global news organisations

Read Michael Serwornoo's reflections on his new title 'The Image of Africa in Ghana’s Press: The Influence of Global News Organisations'.

Our books

On ‘Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities around the World Make Sense of Climate Change’

Read Domenic Rotundo's thoughts on our latest Open Access title 'Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities around the World Make Sense of Climate Change'

Our books

On Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'

Read Hannah Godfrey's blog on Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin' and Maurice Wolfthal's latest translation of this title.

vigilantism

Vigilantes in the Digital Age

Read Christopher Hubbard's blog on digital vigilantism, social media and our new title 'Introducing Vigilant Audiences'.

mathematics

On 'Making Up Numbers'

Read Ekkehard Kopp's thoughts on the scholarly relevance of his latest title 'Making Up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics'.

computer science

Stephen Robertson on the Pre-history of the Digital Age

Read Stephen Robertson's, author of 'B C, Before Computers: On Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital Data', thoughts on the Pre-history of the Digital Age

Open Access Week 2020

On Open Access: Thoughts from our Authors

For Open Access Week 2020 we invited our authors to share their thoughts on the topics of equity, accessibility, open knowledge and open access publishing. Continue reading to find out what they had to say.

January 2025 Newsletter

December 2024 Newsletter

November 2024 Newsletter

Experimenting with Audio: Announcing Our First OA Audiobooks

Jane Austen in Covid

Framing the Third Reich: A new approach to National Socialist photography

Africa’s Image in Ghana’s Press: The influences of global news organisations

On ‘Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities around the World Make Sense of Climate Change’

On Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'

Vigilantes in the Digital Age

On 'Making Up Numbers'

Stephen Robertson on the Pre-history of the Digital Age

On Open Access: Thoughts from our Authors