Open Access: Amplify Your Book's Influence

If you are looking to ensure your book reaches the widest possible audience, open access (OA) publishing makes this achievable, offering a rewarding experience for the hard work you’ve invested in writing your book.

By leveraging Springer Nature’s extensive global reach with the benefits of OA publishing, your book can achieve maximum impact.

Discover the latest most-read OA titles

The selected titles below illustrate the breadth, diversity, and quality of works that leading authors have chosen to publish OA with us. Your book could be among them.

Why publish your book OA and with Springer Nature?

Publishing your book as open access (OA) with Springer Nature ensures the widest possible global exposure. Anyone, anywhere with an internet connection can find, download, and read your book. More and more authors are choosing open access for their book publications, and here is why:

  • 2.4x more citations
  • 10x more downloads
  • 10x more online mentions
  • Authors retain copyright
  • Reach 61% more countries
  • Free for readers to access

Springer Nature and its imprints, including Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, and Apress, publish more academic books than anyone else in the world, with a legacy spanning over 180 years. By working with Springer Nature, you receive quality service and support. Choosing to publish your book OA with Springer Nature means partnering with one of the pioneers in OA book publishing. Since 2011, Springer Nature has published over 3,500 OA books and offers OA book partnerships for institutions and organizations wishing to fund OA book publications.

Find the funds to publish your book OA

Springer Nature’s open access support service will help you find and access OA publishing funds you may already be entitled to.

Also, here you’ll find a list of research funders and institutions that fund OA book processing charges (BPCs) and chapter processing charges (CPCs).