In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 04:50:24PM +0800, Martin Hill wrote: > Am I alone in thinking publishers should charge less not more than > their printed versions for electronic versions of their publications > considering the savings on printing and distribution?
I don't know about periodical news publications in the US, but international scientific journals often charge almost as much for the online versions as for the print versions (and combined print + online subscriptions are 1.7 to 2 times the cost of a single-medium subscription).