@openbookcollective.bsky.social
A charity bringing together libraries, publishers, and publishing service providers to secure the diversity and financial futures of open access book production and dissemination.
@openbookcollective.bsky.social"We want people to read what we publish." We spoke to James Rice of @whitehorsepress.bsky.social about taking a small, partner-run press open access, what happened to readership, and where AI fits in.
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialOur annual report for May 25-April 26 is now out! It’s been a year of steady growth, with new library supporters, new publishers, and new faces. Between them our members published 326 OA books in this time, an impressive output that rivals many commercial publishers! obc.copim.pub/six-years-in...
@copim.bsky.socialReposted by @openbookcollective.bsky.socialAdd to your calendars now! 📆
Join @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social @hannahcrago.bsky.social Louise Otting from TU Delft to celebrate #OAWeek2026 and discuss the Cost of knowledge
Find out more about #OAWeek 👉 www.openaccessweek.org
@thoth-metadata.eurosky.socialReposted by @openbookcollective.bsky.socialWorkshop materials from #OAT26 are now openly available! The fabulous @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social ( @openbookcollective.bsky.social ) put together a handout and bilingual (EN/DE) discussion cards on sustaining #DiamondOA through collective funding #OER 🎉 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@thoth-metadata.eurosky.socialReposted by @openbookcollective.bsky.socialSlidedeck of the #oat26 presentation "Collaboration over competition: what does it look like, in practice?", presented by our wonderful colleagues at @openbookcollective.bsky.social and @ojcollective.bsky.social , is openly available to read along ...
@copim.bsky.socialReposted by @openbookcollective.bsky.socialLots of #CopimCommunity are also members of OPERAS
👋 @openbookcollective.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @openlibhums.org
They share the benefits of membership via the blog series 'Voices of OPERAS UK'
@wrunipress.bsky.socialReposted by @openbookcollective.bsky.socialDay 2 of our panel announcements 📢
Also joining us for the WRUP 10-year anniversary event is Professor Joe Deville (joedeville.bsky.social), Professor of Science & Technology Studies at Lancaster University and Managing Director of the Open Book Collective.
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialHow do you persuade your institution to fund open access? Join us on 22 October (11:00 CEST / 10:00 BST) for a free Open Access Week webinar with colleagues from the University of Essex and TU Delft, plus the Open Book Collective. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialWir sind in Linz zu den #OAT26! Heute leitet Caroline gemeinsam mit Kollegen von Thoth, OJC und dem Verfassungsblog einen Workshop darüber, wie die ideale Open-Access-Initiative aussehen könnte und ob es ein solches „Einhorn“ überhaupt gibt (oder überhaupt geben kann)! Was denkt ihr darüber?
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialWe're in Linz for OA Tage / #OAT26! Today Caroline will be running a workshop, alongside colleagues from Thoth, OJC, Verfassungsblog, on what the ideal OA initiative might look like, and whether such a unicorn does (or even can) exist!
What are your thoughts? Drop them below!
@openbookcollective.bsky.social*spoiler alert - we are totally biased! Doesn't mean we're wrong, though. 😉
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialNot the first read-and-publish deal for books, but perhaps a sign that the commercial players are increasingly turning their attention that way!
We may be biased* but we can't help but feel that collectively funding Diamond OA is a better way to go...
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialWhich of your researchers have published with OBC presses – and where are their books being read?
We're building an open Impact Dashboard with @ojcollective.bsky.social to provide exactly those answers! The first release is due before the end of 2026.
A first look:
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialNext week we're in Linz for OA Tage - the big gathering of the German-speaking OA community. Caroline (@heroicendeavour.eurosky.social) will be speaking about the importance of collaboration over competition, alongside colleagues from OJC and Thoth. If you're there, please come and say hello!
@beckywojturska.bsky.socialReposted by @openbookcollective.bsky.socialWrote in @timeshighered.bsky.social Campus about Diamond Open Access in the UK.
Give it a read and check out these incredibly vital OA initiatives: @oipassoc.bsky.social, @ojcollective.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @eudch.bsky.social.
@erratumpress.bsky.socialReposted by @openbookcollective.bsky.socialERRATUM welcomes new library supporters [see link for how you can recommend the press to your library too]
theoryfictionconsortium.substack.com/p/erratum-we... @openbookcollective.bsky.social
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialIf you missed it the first time, here’s our Community Engagement Lead, Caroline Ball, talking open access, monographs, REF, and more!
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialAre you going to OA Tage 2026 at the end of the month? #OAT26
Our Community Engagement Lead, Caroline Ball (@heroicendeavour.eurosky.social) will be there delivering a presentation and workshop - stop by and say hi, attend one of the sessions, or email to schedule a meeting with her.
@openbookcollective.bsky.socialSussex were one of our earliest library supporters, and we remain ever grateful for that! 🙏 They have a long-standing commitment to building a fairer, more open, and more resilient open research landscape for everyone, as the Jisc feature below evidences.
@heroicendeavour.eurosky.socialReposted by @openbookcollective.bsky.socialThe wording was a little unclear on some of the Qs and As, so I’ve edited it. We’re interested in your decisions funding ANY open access initiative, doesn’t have to be the OBC!
