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on Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 04:50:24PM +0800, Martin Hill wrote:
> Am I alone in thinking publishers should charge less not more than
> their printed versions for electronic versions of their publications
> considering the savings on printing and distribution?

I don't know about periodical news publications in the US, but
international scientific journals often charge almost as much
for the online versions as for the print versions (and combined
print + online subscriptions are 1.7 to 2 times the cost of a
single-medium subscription).