January 2025 Newsletter

Paul Signac, Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris (1886). Public Domain. Welcome to our January Newsletter!    Happy New Year! We hope this email finds you well and that the first month of 2025 has treated you kindly. We write with publication announcements, company updates, and upcoming events. Here's what happened this month: We published seven new books Being in Shadow and Light: Academics in Post/Conflict Higher Education by Dina Zoe Belluigi Learning Statistics with jamovi: A Tutorial for Beginners in Statistical Analysis by Danielle Navarro and David Foxcroft The Art of Becoming Infinite: Mou Zongsan’s Vertical Rethinking of Self and Subjectivity by Gabriella Stanchina Navigating Our Way to Solutions in Marine Conservation edited by Larry B. Crowder Oral Literary Worlds: Location, Transmission and Circulation edited by Sara Marzagora and Francesca Orsini The Samaritan Pentateuch: An English Translation with a Parallel Annotated Hebrew Text by Moshe Florentin and Abraham Tal Arabic in Context: Essays on Language, Dialects, and Culture in Honour of Martin R. Zammit edited by Anthony J. Frendo and Kurstin Gatt All of our titles are free to read and download. Explore our complete catalogue here.

We certified our support to the World Land Trust We are proud to announce our certification of support to the World Land Trust as part of our ongoing commitment to offset our carbon emissions and maintain sustainable publishing practices. The World Land Trust has achieved incredible milestones in conservation, including protecting over 2.8 million acres of threatened habitat and funding the planting of more than 2.7 million trees worldwide. These efforts are vital in safeguarding biodiversity, combating climate change, and creating a more sustainable future for generations to come. We invite you to learn more about the transformative work of the World Land Trust and their inspiring success stories here. Copim released a series of blog posts exploring four concepts essential to the community The Copim (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs) community has written four blog posts exploring ideas of Community,  Scale, Sustainability, and Bibliodiversity. Read to learn more about these pillars of open scholarship and Copim's approach to these core concepts!   What's coming up: 18 February, 11:45 AM: Thoth Open Archiving Network (TOAN) Update: Lessons Learned & New Directions. Copim's Miranda Barnes will present at the The 19th International Digital Curation Conference. Find more details here.  18 February, 5:30 PM: Book Chat in the Library with Franklin Felsenstein. Felsenstein will read from and discuss his new book, No Life Without You, at the University of Florida. Find more details here.  26 March, 10 AM: Author Meets Critics: The Field Guide to Mixing Social and Biophysical Methods in Environmental Research. Rebecca Lave will discuss her and Stuart Lane's forthcoming book, The Field Guide to Mixing Social and Biophysical Methods in Environmental Research, during the 2025 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Find more details here. NEW BOOK DISCOUNT: Enjoy 10% off when you spend £100 and 20% off when you spend £200 (or the equivalent in supported currencies) at OBP! The discount will be applied automatically at checkout. That's all for this month! See you in February!

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