Open Access Book Publishers

Annotated listing of presses publishing books under an open access license.

Amsterdam University Press

Amsterdam University Press (AUP) was established in 1992 by the University of Amsterdam and has built up a publishing list of more than 1400 titles. The scholarly and trade publications of AUP are available in Dutch or English and relate to subjects in the area of humanities (language and literature, history, film studies, art) and social sciences.

    Amsterdam, Noord-Holland   NL

AOSIS Scholarly Books

AOSIS publishes open access books under AOSIS Scholarly Books. As an established academic publisher, we provide comprehensive publishing services for scholarly research books stemming from African scholars or those providing an African viewpoint across various academic disciplines. Our authors want to inspire generations, elevate indigenous knowledge, and challenge conventional thinking. We are committed to the dissemination of thoroughly peer-reviewed, research-based publications. Other imprints include ITUTA Books for practitioners and students and KROTOA Books for a general readership.

    Durbanville, Cape Town   ZA

Athabasca University Press

AU Press publishes innovative and experimental works (in both fiction and non-fiction) that challenge established canons, subjects, and formats; promoting neglected forms such as diary, memoir, and oral history. AU Press also publishes websites (under its imprint) with content that has scholarly parameters and standards, especially grey literature on distance learning; and primary sources in labour studies, Metis and Aboriginal Studies, gender studies, and the environment.

    Edmonton, AB   CA

Australian National University Press

ANU Press is a globally recognised leader in open-access academic publishing. We produce fully peer-reviewed monographs and journals across a wide range of subject areas, with a special focus on Australian and international policy, Indigenous studies and the Asia-Pacific region.

    Acton, ACT   AU

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house established in 1986. It has companies in London, New York, Sydney and New Delhi. Its four divisions include Bloomsbury Academic and Professional, Bloomsbury Information, Bloomsbury Adult Publishing and Bloomsbury Children's Publishing.

    New York, NY   US

Brill Academic Publishers

Founded in 1683, Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and a strong international focus. The company's head office is in Leiden, (The Netherlands) with a branch office in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). Brill's publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences.

    Leiden, S. Holland   NL

Bristol University Press

Bristol University Press, and its imprint Policy Press, are committed to publishing the highest-quality international scholarship in the social sciences and aligned disciplines, focusing on global social challenges.

    Bristol, England   UK

De Gruyter

An independent academic publisher based in Berlin since 1749, De Gruyter publishes over 1,300 new titles each year in the humanities, STEM and law, more than 650 journals, and a variety of digital products.

    Berlin,   DE

Edward Elgar Publishing

Edward Elgar Publishing is a leading international academic and professional publisher with a strong focus on the social sciences and legal fields. We publish 350 titles annually and have successfully created a prestigious list of over 5,500 titles.

    Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England   UK

Firenze University Press

FUP is a non-profit publisher that offers to authors and scholars an open and inclusive editorial environment for the high-quality scientific publishing. FUP runs sustainable business models and adopts copyright policies making research contents more accessible. FUP encourages equitable participation and distribution of knowledge.

    Firenze, Tuscany   IT

Goodfellow Publishers

Goodfellow Publishers is a highly flexible multichannel international academic and professional publisher for Business and related areas. We publish book and online projects with a range of authors internationally in Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism, Events and more general management.

    Oxford, England   UK

HAU Books

Hau Books is the book publishing wing of the Society for Ethnographic Theory. Hau Books, founded in 2015 by Giovanni da Col, is committed to publishing the most distinguished texts in classic and advanced anthropological theory. The titles aim to situate ethnography as the prime heuristic of anthropology and return it to the forefront of conceptual developments in the discipline.

    London, England   UK

Karger Publishers

The company employs more than 200 people at the Basel headquarters and has a worldwide network of branch offices and distribution centers, and the publishing house produces close to 100 scientific journals and about 150 serial and non-serial book titles and supplement or themed journal issues per year, primarily in English.

    Basel,   CH

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.

    New York, NY   US

Punctum Books

punctum books, founded in Brooklyn, New York in 2011, and now incorporated in Santa Barbara, California as a public benefit corporation co-directed by Eileen A. Fradenburg Joy and Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, is an independent queer- and scholar-led, community-formed, and peer-reviewed Sparkly Diamond open-access book (OA) publisher devoted to academic and para-academic authors working in any field in the humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and architecture & design who want to publish books that are genre-queer and genre-bending and which take experimental risks with the forms and styles of intellectual writing.

    Goleta, CA   US

Purdue University Press

Dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information, Purdue University Press selects, develops, and distributes quality resources in several key subject areas for which its parent university is famous, including business, technology, health, veterinary medicine, and other selected disciplines in the humanities and sciences. As the scholarly publishing arm of Purdue University and a unit of Purdue Libraries, the Press is also a partner for university faculty and staff, centers and departments, wishing to disseminate the results of their research.

    West Lafayette, IN   US

Routledge

Routledge is a global publisher of academic books, journals and online resources in the humanities and social sciences. Our current publishing program encompasses the liveliest texts, and the best in research, with over 35,000 books in print.

    New York, NY   US

Taylor & Francis Publishing

Taylor & Francis Group publishes books for all levels of academic study and professional development, across a wide range of subjects and disciplines. <p> We publish Social Science and Humanities books under the Routledge, Psychology Press and Focal Press imprints. Science, Technology and Medical books are published by CRC Press and Garland Science.

    Abingdon, England   UK

University of Michigan Press

The University of Michigan Press is a vital component of UM Library's Michigan Publishing, which is the primary academic publishing division of the University. In partnership with our authors and series editors, we publish in a wide range of humanities and social science disciplines. We champion the Library's research and scholarly communication missions through our global digital and print publishing and distribution programs.

    Ann Arbor , MI   US

University of Wales Press

The University of Wales Press publishes English and Welsh-language books in History, Political Philosophy and Religious Studies, Welsh and Celtic Studies, Literary Studies, European Studies, and Medieval Studies. UCP distributes English-language University of Wales Press titles in North and South America.

    Cardiff, Wales   UK

World Scientific

Since its inception in 1981, World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC) has grown to establish itself as one of the leading academic publishers and the largest international scientific publisher in the Asia-Pacific region. With its headquarters in Singapore and offices in New Jersey, California, London, Geneva, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Sydney and Chennai, it now publishes more than 450 books and 125 journals a year in various fields of science, technology, medicine, and business and economics.

    Hackensack, NJ   US