From: Sally Morris <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:12:54 +0100

I think Sandy may have misunderstood the specific use of the term
'reprint' - in this context, to mean quantities (usually substantial)
of an individual article which are reprinted (sometimes in a special
cover) for a commercial customer.  I am not aware of any clients for
this kind of thing in the humanities;  in STM, however - specifically
in medical journals - pharmaceutical companies can provide a
substantial subsidiary revenue stream.  The challenge with e-journals
is how to price them!

Sally Morris
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From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:52:03 -0500

Actually, I doubt that the "big numbers" in terms of reprints favor STM over
the humanities. There are likely a great many more anthologies reprinting
articles in the humanities than there are in the STM fields.  Think of a
classic essay like John Rawls's "Justice as Fairness." I suspect this has
been reprinted hundreds of times.

Sandy


> From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:56:11 +0100
>
> Yes I agree. I am speaking about STM but this is where the big numbers
> are. I am aware humanities journals worked differently though now many
> or most of the larger ones are handled in the same way by larger
> companies. At least that is my understanding. Corrections welcome
>
> Yes it would be possible to set up a system though it does mean every
> author has an account. As a journal author I get a small payment every
> year from the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society in the UK.
>
> I do not know how it came about that book authors had royalties and
> very rarely did anyone in the journal editorial structure even the
> editor received a royalty. I can think of a tiny number of instances
> from the 1970s. This is of course historical. I suspect that any sort
> of payment to editors of journals (never mind authors) came about when
> commercial publishers became a more important part of the overall
> picture - they had of course always been there. My memory is that in
> the past learned societies paid journal editors nothing. Commercial
> publishers I have worked for always paid editors although sometimes it
> was so-called expenses.
>
> If anyone knows how journals and books moved apart in the way they
> were run and the way they were financed I would love to know. Has
> anyone written on this?
>
> This is of course history. I am not arguing that it is good - or bad.
>
> Anthony