From: Eric Elmore <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 18:41:50 +0000
Universities already bear the brunt of the publishing burden. In the
current system our funds go to making a few corporations wealthier,
but I think if you surveyed librarians and administrators at most
academic institutions they would much rather see a more balanced
publishing system where journals cost their actual prices without
artificial price increases and see a more robust monograph market.
If the for-profit publishers decided to remove themselves from the
academic market the society publishers and university presses would
find themselves being called upon to take up those duties. There are
a number of successful examples of university presses doing this
already. The for-profits need academia MUCH more than we need them.
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