from https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science
"Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell." On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 15:36, Barry MacKichan <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly. They are a prime example of what economists call “rent seekers”, > which means they can charge far beyond what their costs would indicate. I > would guess that the majority of their income comes from the government, as > part of overhead clauses in grants. > > —Barry > > On 30 Jun 2021, at 9:05, Pieter Steenekamp wrote: > > It seems like the publisher's business model is to maximize their profits > by selling at a high price to libraries. > > On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 03:27, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, exactly! >> >> So, if your competitor is a Library who circulates documents for free, >> What is your business model if you are charging 19 dollars? >> >> N >> >> Nick Thompson >> [email protected] >> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$ >> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 2:54 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] of straw and steel >> >> It's called "The Library". Surely you have some of those near you, right? >> >> https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no%3A42429544 >> >> On 6/26/21 9:13 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> > I don’t understand the business model. Who actually pays 19 dollars to >> read an article? >> >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 8:59 AM uǝlƃ ☤>$ <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > Fooling the Victim: Of Straw Men and Those Who Fall for Them >> > https://muse.jhu.edu/article/796000 >> > <https://muse.jhu.edu/article/796000> >> >> >> -- >> ☤>$ uǝlƃ >> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> >> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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