Open Access

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.

Academics

Publishing an Open Access Textbook on Environmental Sciences: Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa

By Richard B. Primack and John W. Wilson. The book contains hundreds of photographs from Africa, such as this cheetah family, which are published as CC BY 4.0. Photograph by Markus Lilje,

Academic Publishing

Is prestige a problem? Considering the usefulness of prestige in academic book publishing

A reliance on prestige in academic publishing limits the choice of authors and the accessibility of research, and it deadens innovation. What might we replace it with?

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!

Metrics

What We Talk About When We Talk About… Book Usage Data

An easy-to-understand explanation of how we collect our book usage data, and why we have started to present it differently.

bad actors

Open Book Publishers’ statement on Knowledge Unlatched and the Open Research Library

We have grave concerns about the approach and business model of the Open Research Library, and those of its creator Knowledge Unlatched, which we will set out in this post.

Academic Publishing

OBP's responses to the UUK Open Access Monographs project questionnaire

OBP has participated in the data-gathering exercise that is currently being carried out by Fullstopp Gmbh [http://fullstopp.com/] on behalf of the Universities UK Open Access Monographs working group. [https://www.universitiesuk.

Academic Publishing

OBP blogs on tour

We have recently contributed to two other blogs to talk about ScholarLed, the new OA consortium we have joined; and about the importance of Open Access publishing and what it can offer to

Academic Publishing

Reputation, reputation, reputation – quality control and reward systems

In the past, Open Access publishing has been accused of being akin to vanity publishing or self-publishing, while the term ‘predatory publishing’ describes a phenomenon in which a publisher charges expensive fees for

April Newsletter

Defending Academic Freedom in an Age of Censorship: Reflections from author Ash Lierman

Defending Academic Freedom in an Age of Censorship: Why Open Access Matters More Than Ever

March Newsletter

COVID19: Information and Resources from OBP

Publishing an Open Access Textbook on Environmental Sciences: Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa

Is prestige a problem? Considering the usefulness of prestige in academic book publishing

What We Talk About When We Talk About… Book Usage Data

Open Book Publishers’ statement on Knowledge Unlatched and the Open Research Library

OBP's responses to the UUK Open Access Monographs project questionnaire

OBP blogs on tour

Further Reading

Reputation, reputation, reputation – quality control and reward systems