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&#160;In June 2020 OAPEN announced the development of an open access books toolkit: an open and easy to use toolkit to help authors better understand and trust open access book publishing.&#160;Editorial Advisory BoardOver the past months, work on a community-built open access books toolkit continued and we are pleased to introduce the Editorial Advisory Board. This Board is a global and multi-stakeholder group, including authors, publishers, research support staff, funders and other key stakeholders:&#160;Editorial Advisory Board MembersAndrew Joseph, Digital Publisher, Wits University PressChristina Emery, Open Access Books Marketing Manager, Springer NatureClaire Redhead, Executive Director, OASPADylan Law, Head of Cultural Value and Equality, Diversity &#38; Inclusion, UKRI AHRCEelco Ferwerda, Director, DOAB Foundation &#38; OAPEN FoundationGraham Stone, Senior Programme Manager Open Access Monographs, JiscHannah Hope, Open Research Coordinator, Wellcome TrustJan Bergstra, Guest Researcher, University of AmsterdamJeroen Sondervan, Project Leader Open Access &#38; Open Science Programme, Utrecht UniversityKevin Hawkins, Assistant Dean Scholarly Communications &#38; Interim Head, University of North TexasKoen Leurs, Assistant Professor Media &#38; Culture, Utrecht UniversityLucy Barnes, Editor, Open Book PublishersLucy Montgomery, Assistant Professor Internet Studies, Curtin UniversityMargo Bargheer, Head of Electronic Publishing, Göttingen University PressMithu Lucraft, Marketing Director Open Research, Springer NatureRos Pyne, Director Open Access Books, Springer NatureSotiria Psoma, University Lecturer BioScience and Technology, The Open UniversityTom Mosterd, Community Manager, DOAB Foundation &#38; OAPEN FoundationValerie McCutcheon, Research Information Manager, Glasgow University&#160;Schedule &#38; launchBy now, the Editorial Advisory Board has collectively written 42 articles, as the collaborative writing phase for the toolkit is coming to a close.Over the summer, the toolkit website will be further developed and additional reviews shall take place for the toolkit and its contents. We look forward to sharing this new public resource with you shortly after the summer. If you would like to stay informed and receive project updates about the toolkit, please sign up to the OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit newsletter here.