From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:04:42 -0700 Well, Sandy - if you were answering my comment, you misfired. You replaced my word "distribution" by your "publishing". A University is a king on its own territory and has no facilities to distribute outside. It has to deal with distributors. It will cost cheaper but not that much. I remember that before I was printing a book I was offered by a distributor to give up my rights for 10% of expected revenue, but when I printed it on my own I was offered just a bit more - 20%. Ari Belenkiy Richmond BC On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:02 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:17:56 -0500 > > Really? All the university presses in England count for nothing? What > an extraordinary claim! > > Sandy Thatcher > > > > From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:04:01 -0700 > > > > But David, Finch made it clear that Universities lack the means for > > distribution of its faculty's works. > > > > This is the vocation of publishers who reap the dividends. > > > > That's why the authors of the books receive only 10% of revenue - the > > rest goes to a publisher. > > > > Ari Belenkiy > > Richmond BC > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 7:04 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]> > >> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:58:54 +0100 > >> > >> Joe > >> > >> Research university X already gives away its intellectual property and > >> then spends much more than non-research universities in buying access > >> to the intellectual property of other research universities. Where's > >> the strategic thinking there? > >> > >> And of course, a lot of the research done isn't paid for by the > >> universities themselves - it's paid for by research funders such as > >> NIH in the US and the Research Councils in the UK. For the NIH to > >> ensure that NIH-funded researcher in University N has access to > >> research outputs generated by NIH-funded researcher at University M > >> looks to me the epitome of strategic thinking. > > > > > > > > David