Hi all, next Thursday (17th November) at 3pm GMT we’re looking forward to speaking with OABN stalwart Eric Hellman at our next boOkmArks event, about his work with Project Gutenberg and Distributed Proofreaders and how these experiences have informed his perspectives on the early days of open access and more recent developments in OA books.

Eric…[Read more]

Hi all, next week we’re really looking forward to talking to Christina Drummond and Lucy Montgomery to discuss the OAeBU Usage Data project and the new developments the work will take over the coming years:

Wednesday 9th November, 1pm GMT, ‘Open Access Usage Data: Present Knowledge, Future Developments’: Sign up here!

Hi all, join us for an OA Week event on climate justice and open access books on Tuesday next week:

25th October, 3pm BST, ‘Lowering the Barriers to Climate Research: Climate Change and OA Books’: during Open Access Week, we’ll bring together a panel including authors, publishers and campaigners to discuss the impact of open access books relat…[Read more]

Hello all,

Jisc is organising a webinar series on the topic of open access books related to the forthcoming UKRI open access policy. Please find more details below and don’t hesitate to register if interested!

In August 2021, UKRI launched a new open access policy, which for the first time includes a provision for long form scholarly works…[Read more]

Hi everyone, we are looking for a new team member that will help us with managing a Horizon Europe funded project about research funder policies and strategies for open access books across Europe and beyond.

We are looking for a colleague with skills and experience in project management and communication. Knowledge of the subject matter is not…[Read more]

It’s great to have this channel here. I’ve included a link to it in the new proposed guidelines Crossref has issued for making DOI links accessible. It’s not specific to books but I hope it’s of interest. It’s a call for comments so we’re very interested in getting…[Read more]

I read the report. The Association of University Presses finds that University Presses are providing great value and that their average cost per book is 20,000$. Of these, 15,000$ are covered by subsidies and the rest via prints sales etc.

They report 50% of book costs are overhead and acquisition. Work directly related to the creation of a book…[Read more]

OPERAS is hiring a Community Manager to facilitate community consultation and engagement related to Open Access eBook Usage (OAeBU) data.  https://www.operas-eu.org/calls-and-job-opportunities/community-manager-oa-ebook-usage-oaebu-data-trust/

A significant new report has come out from TOME: Report: The Cost to Publish TOME Monographs https://aupresses.org/news/report-the-cost-to-publish-tome-monographs/

I am looking forward to reading this closely and suspect it might generate some discussion! I’d be interested to hear any thoughts anybody has.