It'll be very interesting to see where this case goes - particularly since it's pursuing a different avenue to the usual copyright/monopoly/consumer harm route. I will be following it with great interest.

Juan Pablo Alperin@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 2d ago

1/ In 2024, I filed a false claims act lawsuit against Elsevier, Springer, Wiley & Informa alleging they systematically overcharged US federal grants for article processing. The gov declined to intervene and now it's public. Some thoughts on what this is, and what it isn't:

OUT NOW | 'Applied Psychology in Context: Stories & Lessons from Palestinian Villages' by Caesar Hakim, Hamish J McLeod & Mohammad Alkhatib A practice-oriented resource reframing how psychology is applied in complex, real-world settings Read freely / buy a copy: buff.ly/dFioi2Y #AppliedPsychology

Looking forward to the features on @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social @openlibhums.org @ubiquityopen.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social 🔜

Anna Hughes@anna-r-hughes.bsky.social · 10h ago

📢 Voices of #OPERASUK is a blog series spotlighting the UK based members of @operaseu.bsky.social Each feature introduces a member via the same five quick questions! Find out more about @abertayuni.bsky.social @jisc.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social via research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/

BLOG 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim' Explore the issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI 👉 copim.pub/wileys-acqui #Scale #AcademicPublishing

Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim - Copim

Copim reflects on Wiley’s acquisition of Emerald and the issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing.

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+1 livro da Editora UEFS em formato digital! 📘 Formação interprofissional em saúde: caminhos possíveis Acesse: doi.org/10.7476/9788... #Educação #ProfissionaisdeSaúde #ebook

The power of collective funding for #OpenAccess publishing ✊️ Exploring new funding models that challenge, rather than reinforce, the dominance of commercial approaches to scholarly publishing over on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/w28iCOj @philippagrand.bsky.social

How collective funding supports sustainable publishing

Diamond open access publishing brings benefits for social science scholarship through increased usage, higher citations and global reach. How does funding help?

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JOB KLAXON 🚨 Join the #OBC - PT, flexible and fully remote

Open Book Collective@openbookcollective.bsky.social · 2d ago

We’re hiring! Come and work with us to make the open access book landscape successful, sustainable and scalable. The role is part-time and fully remote.

We're 61% of the way there! But we need the support of more libraries to get to 100% - please come and join the @ojcollective.bsky.social community! Have questions or want to arrange a video call? DM us, email info@openjournalscollective.org or visit openjournalscollective.org.

Collaboration in action 🤝

Open Journals Collective@ojcollective.bsky.social · 6d ago

Great day yesterday kicking off our joint @ojcollective.bsky.social and @openbookcollective.bsky.social Impact Dashboard project to share insight into the impact of the diamond OA publications we support. True collaboration and partnership in action!

Great to see the achievements of #OPERAS in black and white (and colour!) in the Annual Report 2025 A fantastic year of growth, collaboration and progress towards a more open and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem PS. Check out the focus on #OPERASUK on p. 42 👀 #ERIC #NationalNodes

OPERAS Research Infrastructure@operaseu.bsky.social · 2w ago

We are happy to share that our Annual Report 2025 has been published on Zenodo! Read the OPERAS Annual Report 2025 to discover the projects, services, programmes, and communities that shaped the year: https://zenodo.org/records/21410046.

We know social media algorithms aren't always the best at reaching the people they need to when they need to, so don't forget we also have a mailing list! 📧 👉

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A little treat created by @scholtom.bsky.social and inspired by the Copim report (coming soon!...ish) -- the Copim crew and friends! Tag yourself! (If you're not there though please don't tag Tom as this has already gone through multiple redrafts and it'll make him cry) #OAbooks #OpenAccess

A little treat created by @scholtom.bsky.social and inspired by the Copim report (coming soon!...ish) -- the Copim crew and friends! Tag yourself! (If you're not there though please don't tag Tom as this has already gone through multiple redrafts and it'll make him cry) #OAbooks #OpenAccess

An important #OpenInfrastructure update from the Open Book Collective! 👇 #OpenAccess #OpenInfra

Open Book Collective@openbookcollective.bsky.social · last wk.

‘No open access without open infrastructures.’ Our new document management portal gives OBC publisher and service provider members one place for all their library support, with notifications, multiple users per organisation, and openly licensed code. #OpenInfrastructure #OpenBookCollective

‘No open access without open infrastructures.’ Our new document management portal gives OBC publisher and service provider members one place for all their library support, with notifications, multiple users per organisation, and openly licensed code. #OpenInfrastructure #OpenBookCollective

Expanding OBC's open infrastructures

A new document management portal for OBC's publisher and service provider members.

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NEW POST: 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim': copim.pub/wileys-acqui... The post explores issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI. #Scale #AcademicPublishing

Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim - Copim

Copim reflects on Wiley’s acquisition of Emerald and the issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing.

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This is something we also pick up on in this @copim.bsky.social post -- profit-driven inflation of the quantity of published research is bad for research and for researchers: copim.pub/wileys-acqui...

Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim - Copim

Copim reflects on Wiley’s acquisition of Emerald and the issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing.

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Martin Paul Eve@eve.gd · 2w ago

"Springer Nature [... issued] an ultimatum about a year ago that we needed to increase the number of papers we accept per year immediately, and by a significant amount". Academic freedom and peer-reviewed quality control at its finest.

NEW POST: 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim': copim.pub/wileys-acqui... The post explores issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI. #Scale #AcademicPublishing

Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim - Copim

Copim reflects on Wiley’s acquisition of Emerald and the issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing.

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Pretty stoked to get mail this morning. Thanks @copim.bsky.social and @minorcompositions.bsky.social! (Some @concordiapress.bsky.social titles on the right..)

Congratulations to all at @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social on this nomination 🎉 We've long argued that community-led open infrastructures have the potential to exceed the standards of commercial, closed alternatives. It's great to see one of our members demonstrating this so impressively 😁

Copim@copim.bsky.social · 4w ago

🗞️ Great news @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social have been nominated for the @alpsp.bsky.social Award for Innovation in Publishing 2026! Find out who else has been nominated 👉 buff.ly/7H9dgrc Can't wait until 9 Sept to find out who has won 🤞 Photo: Jason Leung, Unsplash #ALPSP2026 #MetadataMatters

We're delighted to welcome @uclpress.bsky.social to the Open Book Collective! One of the UK's largest fully OA university presses, publishing 400+ books, 60+ titles a year, free to read worldwide. Libraries can now support their work through our University Presses package. #DiamondOA #OpenAccess

UCL Press joins the Open Book Collective

One of the UK's largest and most established fully open access university presses becomes the latest member of OBC's University Presses package

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After the recent meeting of our General Assembly of Custodians, we're pleased to announce the election to our Board of Stewards of: Teresa Lee, Managing Director of @pkp.sfu.ca Gareth Cole, Open Research Manager at @exeter.ac.uk Congratulations to both, and welcome to the Open Book Collective!

Great blog from @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social on the new Netherlands #OpenAccess strategy. It would be fantastic to see something like this developed in the UK in support of presses like @lsepress.bsky.social and members of @oipassoc.bsky.social.

Open Book Collective@openbookcollective.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Netherlands' new open access strategy specifically name-checks 'scaling small' & puts community-driven publishing at its core - the very ethos the OBC was built on. Fantastic to see scholar-led values embedded into national policy! #OpenAccess #OAPolicy #ScalingSmall

📢 From partnerships & community-building to metadata, discoverability & author engagement, effective #OA marketing is about connecting the right audiences with the right content at the right time! Watch the recording from our recent workshop @nedpotter.bsky.social 🔗

How to Market Open Access: Practical Strategies in Action - Copim

The workshop 'How to Market Open Access: Practical Strategies, Advice and Tips', led by Ned Potter, brought together librarians, researchers, publishers to ex…

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We know social media algorithms aren't always the best at reaching the people they need to when they need to, so don't forget we also have a mailing list! If you want to stay up to date with events at the OBC, consider joining our mailing list at the link below: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub... It's great to see the 2026 Version of the Australian Research Council's OA policy (updating their previous 2017 iteration) now includes OA books. The inclusion of OA books in more and more national policies speaks to the broad and growing interest in OA books.

Did you miss @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social keynote at #ALN26 Never fear, the slides are now freely available via the #CopimCommunity Zenodo page Enjoy 👉 buff.ly/YGyjwva Photo by Ries Bosch on Unsplash

Open Access and its Blind Spots: Rethinking Access, Legitimacy, and Knowledge

Open Access, as a concept and as a movement, has come a long way – we have seen paywalls dismantled, licences expanded, large amounts of research now freely available to anyone with an internet…

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Catch up with this post from our senior editor and outreach coordinator @alittleroad.bsky.social on our membership of @operaseu.bsky.social and the potential of the new OPERAS UK Node to support engagement with the wider European network 👇

Anna Hughes@anna-r-hughes.bsky.social · 3w ago

📣 Find out more about why @openbookpublish.bsky.social joined #OPERASUK How they hope to see the #NationalNode develop & support @operaseu.bsky.social become a #ERIC 🔗 research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/07/1... #Community

NAG Members - our next Coffee and Chat is Tues 28th July at 10:00 talking about "connecting the dots - acquisitions and engagement" How can data offer an insight into the engagement with the materials we acquire? nag.org.uk/event/chatju... Free but NAG Members only

Coffee and Chat #12: Connecting the dots – acquisitions and engagement – National Acquisitions Group

Seminar and Forum open for booking now!

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🚨 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The next #CoP will take place on Weds 30 September All details 👉 copim.pub/join-the-ope... @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social #OABooks #OpenAccess

Join the Opening the Future Community of Practice for their second meeting - Copim

Photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash

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