From: <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 07:38:34 +0000

Rick,

Thanks for your comments. From what I can see, I think the model can
work in any discipline, I don’t believe it can only work in areas like
ours - but, there’s only one way to find out - someone’s got to try!

OECD’s publishing operation has a stand-alone budget which pays all
the bills, staff costs, investments etc - just like any society or
other non-profit publisher. We get a contribution from the OECD’s
members, 10% of the budget, but this pays for things we have to do
that we would ordinarily choose not to do. So, essentially, yes, the
publishing programme is self-sufficient.

Toby Green
OECD


> On 20 Feb 2018, at 03:52, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:44:57 +0000
>
> Hi, Toby –
>
> I do think the freemium model is very interesting. I’m not sure it
> would work equally well across disciplines—it seems to me like it’s a
> model that is most likely to succeed where the subject areas are of
> relatively broad interest—but I too would like to see more publishers
> try it.
>
> Just to be clear: the revenue stream you guys are realizing through
> freemium payments are making any additional subvention from OECD
> unnecessary? So the publishing programs are entirely self-sufficient?
>
> Rick
>
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>    From: <[log in to unmask]>
>    Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:10:53 +0000
>
>    Rick,
>
>    As I’m sure you’re aware, Open Editions and OECD have each developed
>    freemium open access models that provide frictionless, check-out-free,
>    access to the full text of our content to non-subscribers.
>    Non-subscribers don’t need to register, they can simply turn up and
>    read their fill - there are no embargoes and the read-only versions
>    are facsimiles of the versions of record. In OECD’s case,
>    non-subscriber (and subscribers) can share and embed our read-only
>    files on social platforms and websites. Subscribers get access to
>    premium versions of the content, basically, downloadable, actionable
>    files, plus off-line support. Happily, both Open Editions and OECD are
>    finding that our freemium business models are generating sufficient
>    revenues to foot our bills, pay staff and fund investments - as well
>    as serving a growing readership on a legal and legitimate basis.
>
>    I would argue that our model, if adopted by other scholarly
>    publishers, would make SciHub largely redundant. Besides being legal
>    and legitimate, I believe freemium is the fastest route to making all
>    science freely accessible to all in a financially sustainable manner.
>
>    Toby Green
>    OECD