Re: Open access pricing

[brs4@lehigh.edu]

Yes, I didn't express the idea at all properly. The point would be something
more like: would the dominance of one or a few publishers setting high author
prices incentivize other commercial publishers to raise their prices as well.
Leave out the 'just to survive' in the original posting. 
Brian Simboli

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Quoting Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>:

> Isn't this the opposite of how competition works?  If there is competition
> in the author-pays version of open access, would it not be the company
> with the lowest price for the service that would have the advantage?
> 
> 
> On 20-Feb-04, at 1:55 PM, brs4@lehigh.edu wrote:
> 
> > (cross-posted)
> >
> > Regarding the statement below, the following thought of course occurs 
> > to many, so it might as well be made explicit for discussion. If 
> > Elsevier moves into the open access arena, will this pressure commercial
> > enterprises such as the BioMed Centrals of the world to raise *their*
> > prices, just to survive?
> >
> > Brian Simboli




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