[…] that provide more effective solutions — or, even worse, we lose them to less reputable sources and perpetuate the ‘ leakage’ of authoritative content. Just as with any strategic initiative, there will be unavoidable costs in staff time and internal […]
[…] might libraries benefit by unbundling reading from publishing? That would allow libraries to focus their reading negotiations on leveraging the leakage that is carving value out of subscriptions, while enabling them to use a bidding process to gain the most […]
[…] has caused one Scholarly Kitchen author to wonder, Are Library Subscriptions Over-Utilized? At the same time, concerns about usage “ leakage” from the publisher platform to other services where publishers have not received “credit” for that usage has led to […]
[…] in order to maintain and if possible grow their current revenue base. Given that efforts to fight piracy and address leakage have been proceeding fitfully at best, publishers face a complicated calculus about whether and to what extent to spend […]
[…] struck this year by the overwhelming number of sessions focused on authentication and access. Given the many challenges in “content leakage,” it shouldn’t be a surprise that there was standing room only for sessions featuring new services or initiatives focused […]
[…] open access publishing. That is admirable positioning, but what is really going on strategically? Is Springer Nature observing the traffic leakage to sites like ResearchGate and looking at how to account for this usage in order to ensure that the […]
[…] common set of protocols. Implications In recent years, some publishers have begun to face the prospect not of content “ leakage” — which is inevitable in a digital environment due to piracy — but actually losing control, as one executive […]
[…] any perceived slight, lax editorial standards for a new breed of scholarly journals, predatory publishers hijacking articles and brands, commercial leakage for existing publishers as pirates and others use the infrastructure of abundance against them, and problems with reproducibility in […]
[…] aggregators’ walled gardens, but it has been practical to insert some relatively non-intrusive forms of social DRM that discourage excessive leakage. The STM periodicals market has moved towards increasingly tight consolidation, and a smaller number of players (most recently with […]
[…] restricting the download of PDFs on servers or just eliminate the PDF altogether. The PDF has always been a “ leakage” problem and publisher have been trying to get rid of them for years. They are expensive to create, offer […]
[…] US$2250 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases — US$2250 PLoS ONE — US$1350 There seems to be a decent correlation between traffic leakage and APC pricing, suggesting again that branding is playing a role in establishing value. In addition, based on the […]