From: "Pikas, Christina K." <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 09:06:46 -0400 I have to say that I have been an advocate of societies outsourcing a lot of their publishing. I've seen societies do a very poor job of publishing journals and hiring vendors who aren't even familiar with standard/routine features of scholarly publishing (e.g., one vendor a society hired didn't know anything about IP authentication). If the society is incompetent at publishing then they should look for expert help and that will cost something. Just throwing up a content management system with articles in it isn't enough! With that said, these price increases seem egregious. I'm particularly disappointed that this is coming from APS, a society that used to talk about only charging enough to cover publication with a little buffer in case of emergency. I'm afraid the societies are hiring consultants and new employees from the major for-profit publishers and are adopting many of their attitudes. Christina Pikas (speaking only for myself and not my institution)