From: "Guédon Jean-Claude" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:03:17 -0400

Public subsidies are already the case, to a greater or lesser extent,
in many countries or groups of countries. For example: Canada, France,
Italy, the countries of Latin America, Europe + South Africa
supporting SciELO, etc...

Perversely, these public subsidies sometimes go to supporting private
companies (the French case is a very good example of this situation).

The US will probably be the last country to adopt such a system, once
Britain relents..., but the university presses of old used to be
subsidized by public or non-profit universities. That was the idea
behind the creation of Johns Hopkins University Press. Some knowledge
of history can be helpful in this regard.


Jean-Claude Guédon
Professeur titulaire
Littérature comparée
Université de Montréal

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From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:52:58 -0400

I quote:

"Support all scientific publishing by public subsidies"

Good luck.

Joe Esposito