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Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:40:16 -0400
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From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:47:11 -0500

Rick Anderson wrote:

> In the meantime, we do have common sense, which says that
> it's pretty hard to give away content for free and continue selling it at
> the same time.

But this is exactly what most publishers that have experimented with
open-access monograph publishing have done. They have sold the same
content in the form of POD print editions while making the content
freely available on their websites. This is not theory; it is proven
fact that one can do both.

Sandy Thatcher

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