tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5173380235453086953..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Book review: The Economics of Open Access – on the Future of Academic PublishingVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-57781206062295612018-09-11T10:29:25.360+01:002018-09-11T10:29:25.360+01:00Ironic that The Economics of Open Access costs as ...Ironic that <i>The Economics of Open Access</i> costs as much as £65.00 for just 168 pages sandwiched between hard covers (which, compared with the e-book pricing, suggests that the cost of materials, manufacture and distribution is nearly £45.00).<br /><br />Good to see, though, that not all authors are content to give away the products of their labour for free - or worse, considering that many open-access journals make their money by charging authors (or their institutions) to publish.<br /><br />The real coat, of course, does not lie in publishing, which anybody can do these days at virtually no cost - as the IPKat well knows. The problem is 'authority', which has traditionally been conferred by reputation (aka branding) and peer review (aka yet another way that academics have worked for profit-making journals without charge). The fact that academic publishing was clearly broken does not mean that any of the so-called open access models are the right fix. <br /><br />If this work addresses these issues, it might be worth a read. I'm just not sure I can justify the expense!Mark Summerfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248944408169799436noreply@blogger.com