Paul writes:
>But, rather than nit pick over these details, what do you think about Monbiot's
>larger point about the rentier capitalism operation of academic publishers?
The main point I made in my original posting was to express my agreement with
Monbiot that from my own experience the charges
I say it was likely because the newspaper business is in flux and changes in
the paywall systems have changed fairly regularly within specific newspapers.
Obviously, I defer to your knowledge as a subscriber to the Times and Sunday
Times. I speak from experience with some US newspapers.
But, ra
Paul Bernhardt writes:
>It is likely the paywall scheme for the Times and Sunday Times
>has changed since Monbiot's article was written in 2011.
1. Why is this likely? Monbiot gave the charge for 24 hour access, but there
would obviously be a charge for a year's subscription that he does not c
It is likely the paywall scheme for the Times and Sunday Times has changed
since Monbiot's article was written in 2011.
Paul
On Oct 6, 2013, at 4:12 AM, Allen Esterson wrote:
Having on occasion paid up online for an academic paper at an exorbitant price
I concur with the gist of George Monb
Having onoccasion paid up online for an academic paper at an exorbitant price I
concur withthe gist of George Monbiot's article cited by Karl Wuensch:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist
However, thisstatement does not represent the full fa
I think the cost is ridiculous and it is obvious that the publishers think such
costs are going to be covered by grants or in some other way expensed. They
take no account of the possibility that a student may need an article for their
(unfunded) research or a professor may want to use one for a
om line, but increasingly that
seems to be the case.
..Scott
From: Ken Steele [steel...@appstate.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:47 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] "Academic publishers charge vast f
I have had cynical thoughts often about the academic publishing
world. One has a system in which I do the work, write up the
work, fellow workers do the vetting, and all control/profit of my
work goes to a for-profit company.
At one point, when electronic pdf reprints were just appearing on
Total agreement with this article. In fact, I alluded to this a while back in
TIPS. Here's an excerpt from the article:
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Everyone claims to agree that people should be encouraged to understand science
and other academic research. Without current knowledge, we cannot make coherent
dem
