Monopolies (?) in publishing--summary for lists

[Brian Simboli <brs4@lehigh.edu>]

Following is cross-posted.
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Many thanks for all the suggestions about places to turn for literature
relevant to the question whether practices in publishing are monopolistic.
They will be very helpful as I start to think about the ethical dimensions
involved.

I'll be responding to your individual emails, but for now am caching below
the citations suggested.

Brian Simboli
Lehigh University

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McCabe, Mark J. "The Impact of Publisher Mergers on Journal Prices: A
Preliminary Report." Bimonthly Newsletter of Research Library Issues and
Actions, no. 200 (1998): http://www.arl.org/newsltr/200/mccabe.html.

McCabe, Mark J. "The Impact of Publisher Mergers on Journal Prices:
An Update" ARL Newsletter #207. (1999)
http://www.arl.org/newsltr/207/jrnlprices.html
See also t. of c.: http://www.arl.org/newsltr/207/

McCabe, Mark J.  "Journal Pricing and Mergers: A Portfolio Approach."
American Economic Review 92, no. 1 (2002): 259-69.

McCabe, Mark J. (2003). "A Portfolio Model of Journal Pricing: Print v.
Digital." Working Paper. http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mm284/IJIO.pdf.

McCabe, Mark J. Academic Journal Pricing and Market Power: A Portfolio
Approach  http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mm284/JournPub.PDF

Parks, Robert P. "The Faustian Grip of Academic Publishing." Journal of
Economic Methodology 9, no. 3 (2002): 317-35.

Phillips, Owen R., and Lori J. Phillips. "The Market for Academic
Journals." Applied Economics 34, no. 1 (2002): 34-48.

Plasmeijer, Henk W. "Pricing the Serials Library: In Defence of a Market
Economy." Journal of Economic Methodology 9, no. 3 (2002): 337-57.

Poynder, Richard. "Poynder on Point: A True Market Failure," Information
Today, Vol. 19, Issue 11, December 2000, p.1.

Poynder, Richard. "A True Market Failure: Professor Mark Mccabe Talks
About Problems in the STM Publishing Industry." Information Today 19,
no. 11 (2002): 1,3.
http://www.infotoday.com/it/dec02/poynder.htm.

Wyly, Brendan J. (1998) "Competition in Scholarly Publishing? What
Publisher Profits Reveal". ARL Newsletter #200.
http://www.arl.org/newsltr/200/wyly.html


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Also,

http://www.arl.org/newsltr/200/mccabe.html

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mm284/

Business news about the acquisition of the Harcourt journals business by
Reed a few years ago covered the monopoly issue extensively. Resources in
SPARC Open Access Newsletter (The specific link provided was:
https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OANews/Message/95.html )

Arthur Henderson (do not have a specific citation)

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