Support for OA books
Open Book Collective (OBC) is a registered charity in the UK and serves as a funding broker for a variety of Open Access book publishing initiatives including publishers and infrastructure. OBC is aimed primarily at libraries and knowledge institutions who wish to support Open Access initiatives in the book-publishing sector. OBC’s decision-making process about funding is based on a strict, ethically informed application procedure for OA-book initiatives that focuses on transparency, sustainability and equity. The service is aimed more broadly at Open Access that includes Diamond OA initiatives.