From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:52:55 -0700

Sandy, I meant the "quality of paper" control. And I fully subscribe
under concerns of leaving the process of publishing within University
borders expressed by Rick and Anthony in another thread.

But I think our discussion must be resolved by statistics.

Do you have all that necessary for computation: number of University
presses, their capacities vs. the same from publishers.

(Of course distribution of facilities must be close to normal
distribution or Pareto law but this must be proved not assumed).

We can make a comparison with numbers - then the "rises and falls" of
the Finch report will be more pronounced.

Ari Belenkiy


On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 4:33 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 22:51:24 -0500
>
> Ari, as you will see, Chicago distributes for a substantial number of
> other publishers: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cdc/publishers.html.
> So do the other presses I mentioned.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by asking about "quality control." All
> university presses are mandated to have quality control procedures in
> place for their operations. That is what makes them university
> presses.
>
> Sandy Thatcher
>
> At 11:29 PM -0400 6/30/12, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
> > From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:22:44 -0700
> >
> > Sandy, but this is what Finch complained about.
> >
> > Isn't it counterproductive to have thousands of distributors instead of a few?
> >
> > Rick Anderson raised the major question in this discussion.
> >
> > No way to ascertain quality control without outside referees.
> >
> > Ari Belenkiy
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:58 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>  From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
> >>  Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:07:19 -0500
> >>
> >>  Are you just misinformed, Ari? There are a number of universities that
> >>  run their own distribution operations and also have presses that
> >>  operate them, such as Chicago, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, North Carolina,
> >>  etc. Even as small a press as Penn State runs its own warehouse and
> >>  fulfills orders from bookstores, libraries, and individuals.  Why do
> >>  you think universities are incapable of operating such businesses?
> >>
> >>  Sandy Thatcher