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In October 2024, a collaborative online-session for publishers from East Africa was co-organised by the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and OAPEN, along with the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), and French...</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="section oapen-home-toolkit"> <div class="container"> <div class="container"> <div class="columns is-vcentered"> <div class="column is-two-fifths oapen-toolkit-title"> <h4>OAPEN</h4> <h1>OA Books Toolkit</h1> <div class="oapen-toolbox-icon"> <img src="/static-assets/images/layout/toolkit.svg" width="100" alt="toolkit icon"/> </div> </div> <div class="column"> <div class="content"><h1>For authors</h1> <p>The OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit aims to help book authors to better understand open access book publishing and to increase trust in open access books. 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