Welcome to Open Book Publishers
We are the leading independent Open Access publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the UK: we're award-winning, not-for-profit, run by scholars, and committed to making high-quality research freely available to readers around the world. Access all our books online or download them for free, with no Book Processing Charges (BPCs) for authors.
Latest Titles
- Education
Play in a Covid Frame: Everyday Pandemic Creativity in a Time of Isolation
- Anna Beresin
- Julia Bishop
- Economics, Politics and Sociology
Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe
- Olga Burlyuk
- Ladan Rahbari
- Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures
An Introduction to Andalusi Hebrew Metrics
- José Martínez Delgado
OBP At a Glance
Over 250 titles published
In multiple disciplines, our books are freely available to download and read in various formats.
Over 6 million book interactions
Our books are currently being accessed freely worldwide by over 80,000 readers each month.
Over 250 library members
Supporting our award-winning Open Access book publishing programme.
Non-Profit
We are a UK-registered Social Enterprise and Community Interest Company (CIC) run by scholars.
No Book Processing Charges (BPCs)
We provide permanent and free access to our books for readers with no Open Access fees for authors.
Quality Research
All our books undergo a rigorous peer review process and are carefully selected by our editorial board.
Partnerships
We collaborate with like-minded organisations to develop open infrastructure to publish open access books.
Our Communities
