The De Gruyter eBound Foundation has published its 2025 Annual Report, outlining progress in advancing open access book publishing and supporting bibliodiversity worldwide.
The report notes that in its first two years, the foundation raised $1.6 million for the University Press Library Open (UPLOpen) program, with contributions from more than 170 libraries. These funds will support the publication of open access monographs in 2025 and 2026. Alongside the 12,000 books already available on UPLOpen, the foundation estimates that more than 240 new openly licensed titles will be published with the funds raised to date.
The report also highlights the UPLOpen Climate Action Fund, which awarded $100,000 in grants to 12 publishers in 2025, supporting the publication of 13 openly licensed books on climate change. Additional grants supported bibliodiversity initiatives, including resilience funding for Ukrainian publishing through the Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery (SUPRR) program, preservation of scholarly heritage in non‑English languages, the launch of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Press, and expansion of linguistic and geographic diversity in open access scholarship.
Investments in infrastructure were also reported. The foundation enhanced UPLOpen.com with AI‑driven discoverability tools and expanded support for industry initiatives focused on usage metrics and library access.
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