Our team

Open Book Publishers was founded in 2008 by a small group of academics at the University of Cambridge. Since then, we have grown into an international network of scholars who believe that it is time for academic publishing to become fairer, faster and more accessible. We are a registered Social Enterprise and Community Interest Company (CIC).

Directors
Dr. Alessandra Tosi is a co-founder and the Managing Director of Open Book Publishers. Alessandra is a specialist in early nineteenth-century Russian fiction, reception and gender studies. She has held academic positions at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and at the University of Exeter. She is presently Life Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge. Webpage   Email


William St. Clair is the Chairman of the Board of Directors. William is a Fellow of the British Academy and has held positions at All Souls, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is presently a Senior Research Fellow at both the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London and the Centre for History and Economics, Cambridge and Harvard. His publications include historical studies of literary dissemination. Webpage   Email

Dr. Rupert Gatti is a co-founder and the third Director of Open Book Publishers. He is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he is a Director of Studies in Economics. His academic work includes microeconomic analysis of competition in online markets. Webpage   Email
 
Senior Editor
Dr. Corin Throsby is a writer and researcher at the University of Cambridge. She specialises in Romantic literature and the history of celebrity culture. Webpage   Email

IT Manager
Leif Denby is a doctoral research student at the Laboratory for Scientific Computing, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on computational fluid dynamics. Webpage  Email
Editor
Bérénice Guyot-Réchard is studying for her PhD in History at the University of Cambridge, where she specialises in contemporary South Asia. Email

Assistant Editor
Sophia Levine has a degree in History from Nottingham University and an MPhil in History from St Edmund's College, Cambridge.
Editorial Board and Advisory Panel
Kevin R. Brine (NYU Arts and Science Board of Overseers)

Prof. William Brown (Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge)

Prof. Anthony Cross (FBA, University of Cambridge)

Dr. Anthony Mandal (Cardiff University)

Prof. Adrian Poole (Head of English Faculty, University of Cambridge)

Prof. Clive Scott (FBA, University of East Anglia)

Dr. Elinor Shaffer (FBA, University of London)

Prof. Clifford Siskin (New York University)

Geoff Stead (Head of Innovation, Tribal)

Dr. Mark Turin (University of Cambridge and Yale University)

Prof. William M. Todd III (Harvard College Professor of Russian Literature and Comparative Literature)