On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, muir gray wrote: > I think the debate is too focussed on the future of the journal and am > pleased to see that it now addresses the monograph. a colleague and I have > just made a monograph by working directly with a printer and making > simulataneous paper and electronic form of the book with no need for > bookshops or warehouses. the printing revolution is as important as the > pagemaking revolution
This Forum is focused mainly on the contents of peer-reviewed journals for the following reasons: (1) It is free online access to the peer-reviewed research literature that is the research community's principal concern. (2) Non-free online versions of books that are produced to be sold are not the concern of this Forum. This is not a Forum about new ways to produce or market "eBooks." (3) Free online books are not a problem. They are by definition open-access already. Stevan Harnad
