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 > > --- > Rick Anderson > Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication > Marriott Library, University of Utah > Desk: (801) 587-9989 > Cell: (801) 721-1687 > [log in to unmask] > > > > 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