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

Contract length

• 12 months

Benefits

• Supporters can download for free the full range of formatted digital editions of Open Book Publishers' books (pdf, epub, XML). 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.