From: "Brian C. Gray" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:50:01 -0500

Just of the top of my head and with no research, I can think of
several societies that publish books, such as the RSC, ACS, IEEE, IOP,
ECS, ASM, etc. I do not believe these assumptions are accurate.

Brian


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On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 5:55 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:40:46 -0500
>
> Hello, liblicense-l colleagues.  Here some assumptions arising several
> times at ALA-Boston last week.  I realized I don't have enough depth
> to validate them (or not).
>
> 1.       Assumption:  STM societies don’t publish many (if any?)
> books, mostly journals.
>
> 2.       Assumption:  HSS societies do publish books/monographs, as
> well as journals.
>
> 3.       Assumption:  Societies (both STM and HSS) don’t outsource
> book publishing to commercial publishers the way they do journals
> because there isn’t a big enough margin in it for publishers to want
> to do it.
>
> Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Best regards, Ann Okerson