My #OA book (from 2022) has now passed 10,000 downloads and has already been cited in a wide variety of contexts (many of them far outside my core discipline). Clear evidence of the benefits of #openaccess to humanities publishing - and yet I've just learned that #REF2029 has backed away from imposing an #openaccess mandate on books and other long-form research outputs. Until next time, they say. https://www.ref.ac.uk/news/early-decisions-made-on-ref-2029-open-access-policy/