About Us

Our reflections on ‘community over commercialisation’

Some thoughts about how our focus on community, rather than profit, has benefited our press—and some reflections on the potential for community-driven open access (OA) to grow over the next few years.

Libraries and Open Access

Where does the money go? Explaining our Library Membership Programme

This post explains how our Library Membership Programme works, what it funds, and why we also ask authors who are able to apply for funding to do so.

COPIM

Open Book Publishers takes leading role in £5.8 million project to significantly expand open access book infrastructures

Open Book Publishers (OBP) is delighted to announce that we are part of a diverse international team leading a new open infrastructure initiative, Open Book Futures (OBF), to significantly advance the systems that support community-owned Open Access (OA) book publishing.

About Us

Shrinking our carbon footprint: Open Access publishing and environmental sustainability

This Open Access Week’s theme of ‘Open for climate justice’ has given us at Open Book Publishers an opportunity to reflect on our own environmental impact as a press.

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...

About Us

Get to Know Us: An Interview with Adèle Kreager

Read an interview with our editor Adèle Kreager.

About Us

The cost of Open Access books: a publisher writes

OBP lays out our costs and revenue for the last financial year (2018 - 2019), to add some numbers to discussions about funding OA books.

carbon footprint 2020

The Environmental Impact of Open Book Publishers

At Open Book Publishers, we are working to minimise our environmental impact. Find out more in this post.

carbon footprint 2020

Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint: Update One

In December, we announced our intention to reduce our carbon footprint in 2020. This post includes more detail about our plans and an update about what we’ve achieved thus far.

OBP Newsletter

Annual Report 2019

As we come to the end of this year, it is with great pride that we look back at the many exciting things that have happened here at OBP in 2019!

November 2024 Newsletter

Experimenting with Audio: Announcing Our First OA Audiobooks

Navigating AI in Academic Publishing: Balancing Efficiency, Expertise and Ethics

October 2024 Newsletter

Our reflections on ‘community over commercialisation’

Where does the money go? Explaining our Library Membership Programme

Open Book Publishers takes leading role in £5.8 million project to significantly expand open access book infrastructures

Shrinking our carbon footprint: Open Access publishing and environmental sustainability

The cost of Open Access books: a publisher writes

The Environmental Impact of Open Book Publishers

Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint: Update One