Open Access

A Sacred Task

Read William B. Bonvillian's reflections on the importance of publishing the research of his late brother John D. Bonvillian in Open Access.

our authors

Burst the Frames: Open Access at the Dissertation Level

Read this post about Open Access and digital dissertations by Anke Finger and Virginia Kuhn.

our authors

Why Open Access?

Read this post about equity, inclusivity and Open Access by Daniel Rueda Garrido.

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...

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'.

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.

Open Access Week 2020

Open Access: the Start, not the End of the Equity Journey

Read this post about equity, inclusivity and Open Access by Dr Louise Bezuidenhout and Dr Sara de Wit from the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME), University of Oxford.

UKRI

OBP's draft response to the UKRI Open Access consultation

Open Book Publishers' draft response to the UKRI Open Access consultation.

Author Posts

Open books from OBP: A showcase

A showcase of freely accessible academic books - from anthologies to philosophical tracts to books on film and quotation - all introduced by their authors.

COVID19

COVID19: Information and Resources from OBP

An update on our activities during the coronavirus crisis, and a collection of freely available and downloadable resources that might be useful during this time.

A Relational Realist Vision for Education Policy and Practice - The Morphogenetic Paradigm: Conceptualising the Human in the Social

A Relational Realist Vision for Education Policy and Practice: Relational Realism as an Alternative General Sociological Approach

The Predatory Paradox: Ethics, Politics, and Practices in Contemporary Scholarly Publishing

How can you read a novel in hundreds of translations? (and why would you want to?)