Abstract: [Purpose/Significance] This paper investigates and analyzes the advances of open access (OA) publishing of academic books in the past ten years, to provide reference for the exploration of OA publishing of academi books in China. [Methods/Process] Taking the data of the OA books discovery platform DOAB and the websites of major publishing institutions as samples, this paper analyzes the global progress of academic books OA publishing and the development trend of its modes, and puts forward the implementating suggestions on the academic books OA publishing in the context of the China's strategy of building up the strength of the nation through cultural development. [Results/Conclusions] The suggestions include exploring a new cultural mode of academic books OA publishing with the social benefits as the top priority, implementing OA publishing to enhance the level of public cultural services and cultural international influence, and attempting the OA publishing of academic books based on the national publishing funds.

Key words: academic books, open access (OA) publishing, strategy for building up the strength of the nation through cultural development, social benefits, new cultural mode