[LINK] Open publishing strike - editorial board resigns

[Kim Holburn]

On 2013/Apr/01, at 1:19 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:

> At 12:59 +1100 1/4/13, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> On 2013/Apr/01, at 9:57 AM, Roger Clarke wrote:
>> 
>>> At 9:37 +1100 1/4/13, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>>> Yes, the issue of academic publication costs issue has been brewing for
>>>> years.
>>>> Publishing costs money, but how much is in dispute.   ...
>>> 
>>> "An unincorporated mutual can produce a limited-quantity hard-copy
>>> journal for $20,000 p.a., and an eJournal for $8,000 p.a.
>> 
>> $20,000 p/a for traditional publishing but using POD printing it 
>> would be little more than the eJournal.
> 
> Did you read the article?  (:-)}

No, actually, but I just skimmed it (not being an academic).

> These Appendices suggests that printing costs are about 35-60% of the 
> costs of a printed-journal:
> http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/JP-CP-UMSubs.html
> http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/JP-CP-ASJHC.html
> 
> I didn't specifically deal with POD in that paper, but at one 
> extremity the use of POD means that the journal *is* an eJournal, 
> i.e. the subscriber receives a soft-copy electronically, and they can 
> choose to print it of they wish.

That was along the lines I was thinking.  There are various ways POD printing could be applied without the printing costs being born by the publishers.

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