From: "Guédon Jean-Claude" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:03:17 -0400 Public subsidies are already the case, to a greater or lesser extent, in many countries or groups of countries. For example: Canada, France, Italy, the countries of Latin America, Europe + South Africa supporting SciELO, etc... Perversely, these public subsidies sometimes go to supporting private companies (the French case is a very good example of this situation). The US will probably be the last country to adopt such a system, once Britain relents..., but the university presses of old used to be subsidized by public or non-profit universities. That was the idea behind the creation of Johns Hopkins University Press. Some knowledge of history can be helpful in this regard. Jean-Claude Guédon Professeur titulaire Littérature comparée Université de Montréal -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:52:58 -0400 I quote: "Support all scientific publishing by public subsidies" Good luck. Joe Esposito