As Direct to Open (D2O) enters its fifth funding cycle, MIT Press has announced new partnerships with Duke University Press and Goldsmiths Press—marking a significant expansion of its diamond open access model for scholarly monographs. Beginning in 2026, D2O will feature publications from all three presses, advancing a shared commitment to an open and accessible future for academic publishing.
Direct to Open (D2O), launched in 2021, is a groundbreaking framework that shifts academic publishing away from a traditional sales model. Instead of individuals and libraries buying single e-books, D2O is a collaborative, library-supported model that makes publications openly accessible to everyone.
Duke University Press will contribute 20 frontlist titles annually in the humanities and social sciences, while Goldsmiths Press will add interdisciplinary works that bridge theory, practice, and creative formats. Combined with the MIT Press’s 80 titles per year, the collaboration will create expanded package options for participating institutions.
The publisher reported that D2O titles achieve greater reach and citation impact than comparable non-open access works. Libraries and consortia can commit to the 2026 program until November 30, 2025. The expansion is positioned as a step toward sustaining a more equitable and collaborative open access publishing model.
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