Experimental publishing futures

Presentation from a panel session on the second day of the Copim Conference 2026, a hybrid event (26-27 February) focusing on the future of community-led open access books. Janneke Adema (co chair) Simon Bowie (co chair) Emma Gallon - Experimental Publishing Futures John Atkinson - How is Experimental Publishing Changing Scholarly Publishing? Paul Stevens Abstract: After six years of researching and supporting experimental publishing as part of the Copim and Open Book Futures projects, we want to look forward to the possible futures for experimental open access book publishing. In this panel, we bring together presses interested in or already pushing the boundaries of experimental publishing in the present to ask how they foresee experimental book publishing changing and developing in the future and how the field will be impacted by new technology and new infrastructures.