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Posted on January 30, 2011 by oapadmin

Open Access Press helps publishers bring their peer reviewed content online with the most widely used journal publishing platform in the world. Case study: How we helped a long-standing historical journal reduce costs, increase readership, simplify the editorial process, and … Continue reading →

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Another one bites the dust: East Tennessee University Press Will Close

Posted on May 15, 2009 by admin

Another University press has buckled under the weight of changing economics in the academic publishing game, and reduced budgets at many American universities. The East Tennessee University press will lay-off its remaining 11 employees as of August 31, according to … Continue reading →

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Paying for Open Access Publication Charges

Posted on May 5, 2009 by admin

There is a lot of talk about Article Processing Charges (APC) and Open Access, and it just has never seemed to me that that is a sustainable business model. The issue comes up yet again in the RIN Report “Paying … Continue reading →

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Scott Ginsburg: How to Make Loyalty Vanish

Posted on May 5, 2009 by admin

Consulting guru Scott Ginsburg often comes up with compelling lists of how to do things right or wrong, and his list on how to make loyalty vanish made me think of traditional publishers, and their disconnection with their customers, and … Continue reading →

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NPR Coverage of the Conyers Bill's Threat to Open Access

Posted on May 5, 2009 by admin

The NPR storyline reads: Publicly funded research doesn’t seem so public when the public has to pay to read the results in a journal. A proposed law would help publishing companies preserve their business models, but it would limit public … Continue reading →

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