Open Book Publishers (OBP) publishes widely across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and has also published a growing number of titles in STEM subjects. The Press does not have a specialised focus, seeking to range broadly across disciplines OBP's book series has fostered a strong collection of Classics titles, books in Semitic Languages and Cultures, and World Oral Literature, among others.

Fees & tiers

Open Book Publishers offers a membership package with tiered pricing, as detailed below. For pricing in other countries, please contact info@openbookcollective.org

Tier structure

*In the case of European institutions, tiering is determined by a combination of organisation size and the World Bank's classification of countries by income. Small organisations are defined as 0-4,999 FTE, medium organisations are defined as 5,000-9,999 FTE, and large organisations as 10,000+ FTE. 

Fees

As it continues expanding support for new and society-owned series, Open Book Publishers is seeing increasing needs in areas where funding is limited but scholarly impact is significant. Early-stage or newly adopted series often require intensive editorial development, community-building, and visibility work before they are stable; society-owned series can be particularly vulnerable because they typically lack commercial revenue streams and depend on volunteer labour.  

To ensure these valuable publications can thrive long-term, Open Book Publishers introduces two new institutional support tiers:

These new tiers are designed to:

• Provide stable funding for new and developing series;
• Support scholarly and society-owned series during their most vulnerable stages;
• Strengthen an equitable model so that all disciplines, not just the well-funded ones, can benefit from open access.

These tiers reinforce a model that remains fully open regardless of uptake. OBP does not rely on conditional thresholds, collective commitments, or fallback closed-access sales. Institutions' support therefore directly strengthens a publishing environment where open access is guaranteed, not conditional. 

Supporting members with the interest and capacity are invited to consider joining these new tiers. Participation is entirely optional, but doing so offers a meaningful way to sustain vulnerable yet impactful scholarly communities and secure the long-term publication of these series.

However:

• No institution is expected or required to change tiers if it is not feasible.
• All existing tiers remain unchanged, and current level of support continues to make an essential difference. 

Contract length

• 12 months

Benefits

• Supporters can download for free the full range of formatted digital editions of Open Book Publishers' books (pdf, epub). Any student, faculty member or alumnus registered with a Supporter can freely download and keep any digital edition of any title from Open Book Publishers’ website;
• Supporters contribute to the publication of at least 40 new high quality Open Access research monographs, and support the development and release of open source software that enables more presses to publish open access books;
• Supporters can upload any digital edition of Open Book Publishers’ titles to their own digital repository or ebook collection to keep permanently. If Supporters decided to terminate their membership, they will maintain permanent and uninterrupted access to all titles accessible during their membership period;
• Supporters are entitled to an effective discount of 20% on any printed editions of titles purchased, and 30% for bulk orders over £150;
• Supporters receive a 20% discount on setup charges for all customised editions;
• Open Book Publishers provides a 15% discount to any registered member of the university library (staff/student/alumnus) on the sales of any printed edition of our titles, purchased from its website;
• Supporters receive regular usage statistics;
• Supporters can download a complete set of MARC records for all OBP titles;
• Open Book Publishers supplies Supporters with an annual report, or a link to a report online, detailing both key Open Book Publishers activities over the year as well as key financial information, including the contribution of OBC funds to its revenue streams.