On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
But really, this is extortionate, and it's in no-one else's interests,
because the chances of someone paying $34 for an old article on such
an obscure issue are slim to vanishing, so the only consequence of the
high
On 13 September 2011 11:27, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
But really, this is extortionate, and it's in no-one else's interests,
because the chances of someone paying $34 for an old article on such
an
On 13/09/2011 16:25, Carcharoth wrote:
I have bought expensive academic books in the past, but never actual
published PhD theses. I would expect someone to rewrite, extend and
expand on their PhD thesis to make it suitable for a wider readership
before publishing it and expecting people to
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:24 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
It may seem a big goal, but perhaps en:wp can emulate the success of
en:wn. Will we achieve the best-practice level of seven layers of
review? We can but hope.
And in turn, I look forward to the study of the effects of
I have bought expensive academic books in the past, but never actual
published PhD theses. I would expect someone to rewrite, extend and
expand on their PhD thesis to make it suitable for a wider readership
before publishing it and expecting people to buy it. Many of the books
I've bought
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 09:25, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
I've never understood how academic publishers view these issues. I
have friends who had their PhDs published by their university presses
-- at
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
I've registered for this service and am downloading a thesis:
Queen Victoria : the monarch and the media 1837-1867
I have agreed to terms and conditions which provide that my copy is only
for personal or educational
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net
wrote:
I've registered for this service and am downloading a thesis:
Queen Victoria : the monarch and the media 1837-1867
I have agreed to terms and conditions which provide that my copy is
only
for personal or
