Semitic Languages and Cultures

On 'A Handbook and Reader of Ottoman Arabic'

Read now Esther-Miriam Wagner's reflection on her latest book 'A Handbook and Reader of Ottoman Arabic'.

OBP Newsletter

OBP Summer Newsletter 2021

We have information on our open CFPs, the most recent updates, new and forthcoming publications and latest reviews. There’s lots to explore below, so dive in to find out more about our plans for the months ahead...

German Literature

A View From under The Horse’s Tail. New Perspectives on Literature?

Read now Roger Paulin's reflections on his latest title 'From Goethe to Gundolf: Essays on German Literature and Culture'.

William St Clair

In Memoriam: William St Clair

Our Chairman, William St Clair, died on the evening of 30th June 2021. In this post we share tributes that have been given in his honour. Rest in peace William; you will be greatly missed.

1,000 pages of evidence for conservation actions

Read more about this week's publication: the sixth edition of Conservation Evidence’s flagship publication, 'What Works in Conservation', is now available to read and download for free.

Our books

The Middle is Marching: Adam Roberts, on reading George Eliot’s 'Middlemarch'

Adam Roberts, author of 'Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors', on reading George Eliot’s 'Middlemarch'

Our books

Autism and Ethics: The Stories We Tell

Read Flora Kann Szpirglas' reflections on Kristien Hens' latest title 'Towards an Ethics of Autism: A Philosophical Exploration'.

Russian Literature

How To Read Russian Literature Backwards

Did you know that Voltaire plagiarized Conan Doyle? Or that Shakespeare nicked T.S. Eliot’s best ideas? Plagiarism by anticipation is both quaintly ludicrous and unexpectedly fecund, overturning familiar notions of literary adaptation (and anxiety of influence).

OBP Newsletter

OBP Spring Newsletter 2021

We have exciting news about upcoming events, new and forthcoming publications, an interview with our developer Ross Higman and information on our open CFPs. There’s lots to explore below, so dive in to find out more about our plans for the months ahead...

Translation

Translating 'Les Philosophes': A Collaborative Challenge

Felicity Gush and Rosie Rigby reflect on the collaborative translation of "'The Philosophes' by Charles Palissot", ed. and transl. Jessica Goodman et al.

environment

Earth Day and the Beauty We Love

Read now Sam Mickey's (co-editor of 'Living Eart Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowing') reflections on Earth Day 2021.

OBP Newsletter

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.

Usage data

Open Access book usage in 2020: measurement and value

Given that the need for remotely accessible resources has risen so significantly in the last year, how has the usage of our books changed?

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.

In Memoriam

Professor Lionel Gossman: In Memoriam

In memory of Professor Lionel Gossman, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and an OBP author and friend.

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'.

Annual Report 2020

As you prepare to celebrate the holiday season, don’t miss out on our last 2020 newsletter to find out more about all our achievements, future plans and interesting news!

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 Featured

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.

Simplified Signs: My brother’s gift, delivered by Open Book Publishers

by William B. Bonvillian When my brother, John Bonvillian, an emeritus faculty member at the University of Virginia, died in 2018, he had just put the finishing touches on the capstone project of his academic career in psychology and linguistics – the Simplified Signs Project.   Simplified Signs are a manual sign