<div dir="ltr">from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science</a><br><br>"Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?<br>It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell."<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 15:36, Barry MacKichan <<a href="mailto:barry.mackichan@mackichan.com">barry.mackichan@mackichan.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div style="white-space:normal"><p dir="auto">Exactly. They are a prime example of what economists call “rent seekers”, which means they can charge far beyond what their costs would indicate. I would guess that the majority of their income comes from the government, as part of overhead clauses in grants.</p>
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<p dir="auto">On 30 Jun 2021, at 9:05, Pieter Steenekamp wrote:</p>
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<blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(119,119,119);color:rgb(119,119,119);margin:0px 0px 5px;padding-left:5px"><div id="gmail-m_36953256215308504459E2335B-A8AC-44E7-9EC1-69034A7AE01E"><div dir="ltr">It seems like the publisher's business model is to maximize their profits by selling at a high price to libraries. <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 03:27, <<a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com" target="_blank">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Well, exactly! <br>
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So, if your competitor is a Library who circulates documents for free, What is your business model if you are charging 19 dollars? <br>
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It's called "The Library". Surely you have some of those near you, right?<br>
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On 6/26/21 9:13 AM, <a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com" target="_blank">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
> I don’t understand the business model. Who actually pays 19 dollars to read an article?<br>
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> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 8:59 AM uǝlƃ ☤>$ <<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com" target="_blank">gepropella@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com" target="_blank">gepropella@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> Fooling the Victim: Of Straw Men and Those Who Fall for Them<br>
> <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/796000" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://muse.jhu.edu/article/796000</a> <br>
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