From: "Brian C. Gray" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:50:01 -0500 Just of the top of my head and with no research, I can think of several societies that publish books, such as the RSC, ACS, IEEE, IOP, ECS, ASM, etc. I do not believe these assumptions are accurate. Brian Brian C. Gray Team Leader, Research Services Librarian: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering Email: [log in to unmask] Kelvin Smith Library 201-K Research Guides & Profile: http://researchguides.case.edu/briangray Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library 11055 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151 2015-16 ALAO President: http://alaoweb.org/ On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 5:55 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:40:46 -0500 > > Hello, liblicense-l colleagues. Here some assumptions arising several > times at ALA-Boston last week. I realized I don't have enough depth > to validate them (or not). > > 1. Assumption: STM societies don’t publish many (if any?) > books, mostly journals. > > 2. Assumption: HSS societies do publish books/monographs, as > well as journals. > > 3. Assumption: Societies (both STM and HSS) don’t outsource > book publishing to commercial publishers the way they do journals > because there isn’t a big enough margin in it for publishers to want > to do it. > > Any insights would be greatly appreciated! > > Best regards, Ann Okerson