...and don't forget the cost of printing, paper, glue and postage stamps in the
original print version, O Digerati: last time I checked, they weren't being
given away for nothing. While much of the Open Access discussion only applies
to digital objects, these existential OA cost comparisons
In the summer of 2001, I was commissioned by WHO to write a paper summarizing
the spate of free and low cost initiatives that had appeared on the
publishing horizon and their possible benefits to developing countries. Looking
back through my archives I see that, with a consultant's magpie
