University Press Library Open

University Press Library Open
UPLOpen is one of the largest online collections of free-to-read academic books. Since its launch in April 2024, UPLOpen has grown to over 10,000 titles representing more than 60 of the world’s leading scholarly publishers, ensuring that everything you find on the site meets the highest standards of peer review.
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Open Access for a Sustainable Planet
Many of the books you find on UPLOpen tackle themes of global importance—from social justice and the eradication of poverty to climate change and sustainable development. A badging system helps to easily discover books that are relevant to any of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Life on Land, Life Under Water
The effects of climate change are felt both on land and under water. See SDG lists for the books on UPLOpen that address UN SDGs 14 and 15.

Read the first books in the UPLOpen Climate Action Collection!
Boston, MA – 9 December 2025. Today, the first books chosen by the De Gruyter eBound Foundation to receive Open Access grants through its Climate Action funding initiative were released on UPLOpen. Altogether, grants totaling nearly USD 100,000 will make it possible for 13 books to appear in the UPLOpen Climate Action Collection during 2025 and 2026.
De Gruyter eBound Foundation Announces First Awards from UPLOpen Climate Action Fund
Boston, MA – 8 October 2025— Today, the first round of awards from the UPLOpen Climate Action Fund were announced. Established by the De Gruyter eBound Foundation, the Fund supports the publication of scholarly monographs on one of the most urgent challenges of our time. Grants totaling nearly USD 100,000 have been awarded that will enable the publication of 13 books in Open Access editions over the course of 2025 and 2026.