Re: BioMed Central and new publishing models

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Fytton Rowland wrote:
> It says below that the services of BioMed Central will be free of charge.
> How will it cover its costs?
>
It covers its costs many times over if it saves significant money on
library budgets partly covered by NIH grants. This was a bit more
explicit in Harold Varmus' initial proposal - it's about saving system
costs. BioMed Central won't cost all that much to set up or operate
anyway.