A charity bringing together libraries, publishers, and publishing service providers to secure the diversity and financial futures of open access book production and dissemination. https://openbookcollective.org/https://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mive2rjcgk2qKia ora, Ōtautahi! A warm welcome Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury as our latest Library Supporter, championing open scholarship, Māori knowledge systems, and research in the public interest from Aotearoa New Zealand. We're delighted to have you with us! https://obc.copim.pub/te-whare-wananga-o-waitaha-university-of-canterbury-joins-the-open-book-collective-as-a-library-supporter/07 Apr 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mive2rjcgk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3miijqltuwc2kMany congrats to @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social on this major platform update. Thoth are not just one of our members, but our metadata management partner. They power our own collective catalogue and are making it far easier for small publishers to manage and disseminate their works. Well done all! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3miijqltuwc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mi7jxu36yc2hOur Managing Director, @joedeville.bsky.social, and Community Engagement Lead, @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social, will both be at #UKSG2026 tomorrow! Find them at the COPIM stand (#66) or roaming around talking about all things OA books, OBC, and collective funding! https://www.uksg.org/events/conference26/29 Mar 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7jxu36yc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mhxxhxejg22vWe are very pleased to be able to announce that OBC and @ojcollective.bsky.social have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, committing to work together to achieve a sustainable, open access future, for both books and journals https://obc.copim.pub/collaborating-for-a-sustainable-open-access-publishing-future/26 Mar 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxxhxejg22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mhsi2i3dw22cNew member alert! Today we're welcoming @verfassungsblog.de to the OBC family. Verfassungsblog is a fully #OpenAccess world-leading source of expert analysis and commentary on constitutional law and politics - with nearly 5 million views last year, it's more necessary & relevant than ever! https://obc.copim.pub/verfassungblog-joins-the-open-book-collective-2/24 Mar 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsi2i3dw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mhppozxhac2dRLUK's new principles call for collective funding, not-for-profit governance protected from commercial acquisition, bibliodiversity, and transparency. For us here at the OBC, these principles are at the core of our operating model. 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA https://obc.copim.pub/rluks-new-shared-principles-for-oa-monographs-points-straight-to-the-obc/23 Mar 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhppozxhac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mhg2qxatj22vRLUK's just-published principles for evaluating OA monograph models call for: collective funding, not-for-profit governance protected from commercial acquisition, bibliodiversity, transparency & equity. Sounds familiar! So if you're an RLUK library wondering where to start - look no further! https://www.rluk.ac.uk/shared-principles-open-access-monograph-models/19 Mar 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhg2qxatj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mhd67kq5fc2gDelighted to welcome the School of Advanced Study, University of London as our newest Library Supporter! The UK's national centre for humanities research, backing scholar-led, non-commercial diamond open access book publishing - what could be a better fit? 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA https://obc.copim.pub/the-school-of-advanced-study-university-of-london-joins-the-open-book-collective-as-a-library-supporter/18 Mar 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhd67kq5fc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mgrxgvb6kc2aRead @heroicendeavour.bsky.social's editorial on the vulnerability of long-form scholarship and the importance of collective funding models in the latest CILIP Buyers' Guide. 👇 https://content.yudu.com/web/43mce/0A43mcf/Buyers-Guide-2026/html/index.html?page=10&origin=reader11 Mar 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrxgvb6kc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mgruwr5eds2yWe are delighted to share an update from the second project funded by our Collective Development Fund in 2025: 'Knowledge accessible to the community’: CLACSO as a platform to democratize scholarly publishing in Latin America and the Caribbean’ https://obc.copim.pub/update-on-cdf-award-knowledge-accessible-to-the-community-clacso-as-a-platform-to-democratize-scholarly-publishing-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/ #OABooks11 Mar 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgruwr5eds2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mgmobdfb722qBig news: @newcastleuni.bsky.social has joined the Open Book Collective as our latest Library Supporter! 🙌 Support like this helps us make scholar-led, non-commercial OA book publishing a genuinely viable and sustainable alternative - so thanks, Newcastle, welcome aboard! 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA https://obc.copim.pub/the-open-book-collective-welcomes-newcastle-university/09 Mar 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmobdfb722qhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mg36g4pybk2oJust under a week left to apply to the #CollectiveDevelopmentFund 2026. This fund is to support projects building capacity for Open Access Books, including networks and infrastructure. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese. #OpenAccess #OABooks #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA02 Mar 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg36g4pybk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mftnhev4uk2b1/ OBC publishers are innovating when it comes not only to #OpenAccess, but also to form & process. Emma Gallon @emmagallon.bsky.social from @uolpress.bsky.social talking at the #CopimConference about how the press is engaging in a range of #ExperimentalPublishing practices27 Feb 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftnhev4uk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mftm432i3s2bIt's so encouraging to see libraries being proud of, and publicly proclaiming, their support for #DiamondOpenAccess. We are absolutely equally proud to be able to include Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford @bodleian.ox.ac.uk as one of our supporters. Thanks so much, on behalf of our Members! 😍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftm432i3s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mfrjqkahgk2mIf you’re at #CopimConference, don’t forget to pick up one of our new stickers! 💎💎💎26 Feb 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrjqkahgk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mfrecvpdtc26If you’re not able to be with us at #CopimConference, either in person or online, @emmabooth.bsky.social’s Bluesky live threads are the next best thing! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrecvpdtc26https://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mfbskwangs26With support from OBC's Collective Development Fund, Professor Tilahun Shiferaw and his team at Haramaya University is transforming how Ethiopian universities understand and adopt open book access, through efforts from policy to multilingual publishing. #OpenAccess #AcademicSky Read his update 👇 https://obc.copim.pub/update-on-cdf-award-empowering-ethiopian-research-universities-a-multifaceted-approach-to-overcome-oa-barriers-in-scholarly-publishing/20 Feb 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbskwangs26https://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mf7ao7sslc2sExcellent post detailing the rationale that lay behind the creation of Open Book Collective and other similar collective funding initiatives. We have to stop thinking of open access in terms of 'free' content & instead start viewing it as infrastructure and labour that needs systematic funding. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7ao7sslc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3mexy326s7c2pHelp shape the future of #OpenAccess! We are looking for reviewers for our 2026 Collective Development Fund. If you’re passionate about Diamond OA books and want to support global publishing capacity, we want to hear from you! 📨judith@openbookcollective.org to apply16 Feb 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexy326s7c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3megdixf4lk2fWe’ve been made aware of individuals receiving emails claiming to be from the OBC, requesting fees from authors. To be clear: OBC does not charge individuals, book clubs, or authors for meetings/events. We're a collective funding model that channels library support to OA publishers & infrastructure.09 Feb 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3megdixf4lk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/openbookcollective.bsky.social/post/3me6767oyfc2pTomorrow is the final day to submit your optional scope check for the Collective Development Fund Call 2026. Full applications are due by March 7. Read and apply in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2026 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:fbhtohrss3emeblphyfekd6x/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6767oyfc2p