Darnton, Coppola, and the Impossibility of Free Information
“Free” is an illusion and an insult. All information we want costs money, and we as creators want it to cost money.
The Rise of China: Data Show How Science Follows Economic Growth
Within a few short years, China has become an economic and scientific powerhouse. Watch the dynamic bubble plot.
Morality and Economics: Is a Trapdoor Opening Beneath Open Access?
With the economic benefits of open access open to reinterpretation, will the moral benefits prove sufficient to withstand the coming scrutiny? And will it all begin a race to the bottom?
Should Open Access Journals Charge Submission Fees?
If submission fees result in a more sustainable business model, why are open access publishers opposed to the idea?
Delusions, Illusions, and the True Costs of Digital Publishing
The models we use to describe the publishing business need to change, and we can learn from software companies and digital distributors.
European University Presses Fold, Consolidate in Economic Downturn
Economic turmoils continue to rock academia. University presses are feeling the pinch. How are European presses adapting?
Open Access and Vanity Publishing
Is open access publishing prone to vanity press behavior? A recent study provides questionable results.
The Collapse of Peer Review
Is peer review in decline? Evidence from the field of economics suggests that top authors are bypassing the journal certification process and distributing their papers on their own. Will other authors follow?
Open Access 2.0: When Free Gets Expensive
Joe Esposito’s new article in the Journal of Electronic Publishing is not your typical Open Access diatribe loosely held together with non-sequiturs, nor is it a pronouncement of how-we-done-good in our company/library. It is a cogent argument based on the economic theory of attention.