An open-access press
Books that
stay open.
Monographs, edited volumes and editionsOpen from the day of publicationThe first list is forming
The books
The printed
page.
The Foundation
Bassi Foundation
Scholars.
Our name
Laura
Bassi.
What we do
Open from
Open from
day one.
Book-length argument is how the humanities, the social sciences, law and much of medicine and the sciences do their most serious thinking; it is also the form that has been slowest to open up. We exist to close that gap, for a small number of books each year.
Why publish with usSubject
We publish
How it works
The first list is forming
There are as yet no titles. The catalogue will fill as books are accepted, and every book will be free to read from the day of publication. The plates are from the archive on which our covers will draw.
