# Tool Spotlight: The Open Book Collective Toolkit for Small and Scholar-Led Open Access Publishers

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# 🛠 **What is it?**

The [Open Book Collective toolkit](https://toolkit.copim.pub/) is a set of resources to **help small and/or scholar-led publishers set up a press or improve the way they operate**.

**Main purpose.** To provide and catalogue resources for launching and developing publishing operations

**Who is it for?** Small and/or scholar-led publishers of open access books

**Skill level.** Beginner to intermediate

**Access (URL).** [https://toolkit.copim.pub/](https://toolkit.copim.pub/)

**Key features.** Resources, reports and case studies on:

- Starting a new publisher
- Building a brand
- Types of organization
- Governance Revenue models
- Editing
- Copyright and licensing
- Dissemination and discoverability
- Production
- Metadata management
- Archiving and preservation
- Marketing

## 🔎 **What can I do with it?**

- Download in-depth reports
- Explore production tools and software
- Self-assess with questions to guide good practice
- Annotate the toolkit with [Hypotheses](https://operas-eu.org/services/hypotheses/)

## 💡 **Good to know**

- English language only
- Mostly UK/US/Europe focused

## **Try it if you…**

… are a new or developing publisher committed to an **equitable, sustainable and diverse landscape for open access books**! 📚