Stevan continues to be hung up on the idea that
some academic authors still have visions of fame
and fortune they'd like to achieve through
publishing books in the traditional manner, so he
believes that the time for OA in book publishing
has not yet arrived. But perhaps a simple
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Sandy Thatcher
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Subject: [GOAL] Re: [SCHOLCOMM] Big Deals, Big Macs and Consortial Licensing
Stevan continues to be hung up on the idea
Sandy Thatcher wrote:
Stevan continues to be hung up on the idea that some academic authors
still have visions of fame and fortune they'd like to achieve through
publishing books in the traditional manner, so he believes that the
time for OA in book publishing has not yet arrived. But perhaps
Stevan's analysis of the way in which open access was developing alongside
licensing is very important. We need to understand the way in which OA
developed in order to avoid the kind of distortion of OA that emerges from time
to time. I was also going through a time of fluid thinking at the
