July 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to our July Newsletter!

We hope this newsletter finds you well and that you have enjoyed a lovely July. We write with news of recent publications, the launch of a new series, and much more.

Here's what happened this month:

We published six new books

• Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education by Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Richard F. Heller, Rajan Madhok, Fabian Neuhaus, John Sandars, Sandra Sinfield and Upasana Gitanjali Singh (eds.)
• Surveillance and Control of Dengue Vectors in the United States and Territories by Roberto Barrera
• Reading: Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions by Hector M. Patmore, Hindy Najman, Stefan Schorch, Jeroen Verrijssen and Hanneke van der Schoor (eds.)
• 'Wisdom and Greatness in one Place': The Alexandrian Trader Moses ben Judah and his Circle by Dotan Arad and Esther-Miriam Wagner
• The Economics of Cultural Loss: Harm and Resilience in North American Indigenous Communities by Mukesh Eswaran
• Characters in Film and Other Media: Theory, Analysis, Interpretation by Jens Eder

All of our titles are free to read and download. Explore our complete catalogue.

We launched a new series

We are delighted to announce that, beginning in 2026, the Papers of the British School at Rome will appear fully open access with Open Book Publishers.

For more information, visit the series page here.

We are on the 2025 'Top 100 UK social enterprises' list

We are thrilled to announce that we are, for the fifth year in a row, on this year's SE100 list!

For more information, and to see the other excellent organisations who have been selected, see this webpage.

News from the wider Open Access community

We are delighted to be able to share some news from within the wider OA community.

Open Access Books Network Article: 'How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?'.

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!