From: JJE Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 21:03:23 -0400 I am pleased to see that Jean-Claude Guedon and I once again have reason to disagree. I wrote about the general issues last month: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/07/16/hasnt- academy-taken-back-control-publishing-already/ Joe Esposito On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 8:19 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Jean-Claude Guédon" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 10:42:15 -0400 > > To follow up on my one-off agreement with Joe Esposito, I should add > that his perfect warning about outsourcing applies to any journal, be > it from a learned society, a university department, etc., when it > outsources publishing tasks to a commercial publisher. This is > especially true when the outsourcing includes the sale of the journal > title. > > Jean-Claude Guédon > > Le dimanche 05 août 2018 à 20:00 -0400, LIBLICENSE a écrit : > From: "Jean-Claude Guédon" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 09:08:37 -0400 > > For once, I will fully agree with Joe Esposito - une fois n'est pas > coutume... > > RIGHT ON!!!! > > Jean-Claude Guédon > > > Le jeudi 02 août 2018 à 21:57 -0400, LIBLICENSE a écrit : > From: JJE Esposito <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 21:06:03 -0400 > > But that's the point. That's why they did it. I mean, honestly, what > does anybody expect? When you outsource an essential service, you are > hostage to the strategic aims of the vendor. > > > Joe Esposito > > > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 8:26 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 8:14 PM > > This announcement has caused serious concerns among authors and > publishers; this type of workflow "solution" holds significant > publisher, author, and much other related information. > > ******* > > New York, August 2, 2018 – Elsevier, the global information analytics > business specializing in science and health, today announced it has > signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aries Systems, a leader in > scientific publication workflow solutions headquartered outside > Boston, MA. Aries’ offerings are used by journals, books and other > publications for manuscript submission, peer review, production > tracking and eCommerce. > > “Aries has built a best-in-class workflow solution for publishers, > editors and scholars seeking to advance the discovery and > dissemination of knowledge,” said Lyndon Holmes, Aries’ Founder. “I’m > excited that now with Elsevier we’ll be even stronger and better > positioned with enhanced solutions and analytics to help our customers > achieve their goals.” > > [SNIP] > > https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate/ > elsevier-to-acquire-aries-systems-a-best-in-class-public > ation-workflow-solutions-provider > > and > > https://www.ariessys.com/views-press/news-opinion/elsevier- > acquire-aries-systems-best-class-publication-workflow-solutions-provider/ >