# Report from a workshop on sustainable open access book publishing in East Africa

In October 2024, a collaborative online-session for publishers from East Africa was co-organised by the [Directory of Open Access Books](https://www.doabooks.org/) (DOAB), [OAPEN](https://oapen.org/), the [Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association](https://www.oaspa.org/) (OASPA) and French research institutes in Africa, [Les Afriques dans le monde](https://www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/) (LAM) and the [French Institute for Research in Africa](https://ifranairobi.hypotheses.org/our-missions) (IFRA), supported by the [National Centre for Scientific Research](https://www.cnrs.fr/en) in France (CNRS). The session covered approaches towards equitable and sustainable open access for scholarly books.

[**Read the report**](https://zenodo.org/records/14914352)