# Open access book publishing

**URL:** <https://theplace.discourse.group/t/open-access-book-publishing/232>\
**Category:** Open Access Publishing\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://theplace.discourse.group/t/open-access-book-publishing/232 "2023-04-25T09:12:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChristinaEmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@ChristinaEmery](https://theplace.discourse.group/u/ChristinaEmery)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://theplace.discourse.group/t/open-access-book-publishing/232/1 "2023-04-25T09:12:30Z")

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I’d like to also raise awareness of this free author toolkit about open access books: [http://oabooks-toolkit.org](http://oabooks-toolkit.org) - founded by Springer Nature and the University of Glasgow, and hosted by OAPEN.

The toolkit was collaboratively written by a global group of diverse stakeholders – from researchers, publishers and research support to funders and organisations like Jisc and OASPA.

There are over 30 short articles on topics such as:

- What is open access?
- How to choose a publisher
- Copyright and licensing
- Peer review for open access books
- Finding funding

The toolkit is easy to use and understand, with content available for the different stages of the research lifecycle. Alongside the articles, you can find FAQs, a glossary, list of keywords and myth busters.

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**Author:** ![abartell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/theplace.discourse.group/abartell/32/13_2.png) [@abartell](https://theplace.discourse.group/u/abartell)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://theplace.discourse.group/t/open-access-book-publishing/232/2 "2023-05-02T06:04:32Z")

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Hi Christina - welcome to The Place! Thanks for posting this - looks very useful.