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July issue of Learned Publishing
The July issue of Learned Publishing is now online at
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp. It contains much
of interest to publishers and others involved in the research
communication chain.
The editorial (http://dx.doi.org/
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X206344>
10.1087/095315107X206344) reflects on the role of copy-editing,
in the light of research articles in both the April and July
issues which analyse the differences between authors' and
publishers' versions of journal articles.
Sandy Thatcher, the incoming President of the Association of
American University Presses, reflects on the challenge which Open
Access (for books, as well as for journals) poses to University
Presses in pursuit of their mission -
http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X205084.
Ran Carmi and Christof Koch have a novel proposal
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X204067) for opening up peer
review, making the referees' reports public for the benefit of
all.
Consultant Mark Ware discusses the decision process that smaller
journal publishers must go through when considering whether to do
their own online hosting or to outsource it -
http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X205093.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X205093.>
Moritz Thommen and Carla Holmes, of Karger publishers, examine
the increasing threat of unscrupulous agents purchasing
subscriptions at individual rates, only to re-sell them at
(heavily discounted) institutional rates; they describe
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X206317) how Karger
successfully dealt with the problem.
Kent Anderson and Jean Nugent give an intriguing account
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X204058) of how the New
England Journal of Medicine developed a 'beta site' on which to
develop a wide range of innovative initiatives.
Paul Peters describes the remarkable development of Hindawi,
which has recently made the decision to become a totally Open
Access publisher, and analyses the factors which made this both
possible and inevitable -
http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X204049.
Saskia de Vries gives a personal account
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X206308) of how Amsterdam
University Press has responded to the challenge of Open Access,
successfully taking advantage of 'Print-on-Demand' technology to
combine OA online products with print versions.
A research article (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X204012)
by David Goodman, Sarah Dowson and Jean Yaremchuk analyses in
detail the differences between author and publisher versions for
12 articles in biochemistry and 12 in the social sciences;
their findings show both similarities and fascinating differences
when compared to the article (http://dx.doi.org/
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/174148507X185090>
10.1087/174148507X185090) by Edward Wates and Robert Campbell in
the previous issue.
There are three very different 'Points of View' in this issue:
Hugh Look reflects on the real nature of innovation, and what
this tells us about the likely success of Open Access
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X205101); John Cox considers
the future of journals in the context of technological
developments (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X206326); and
Karen Shashok explains how she thinks that learned societies and
other nonprofit publishers could make the OA model sustainable
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X206335).
There's also a comprehensive report
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X212590) of ALPSP's recent
'International Scholarly Communications Conference', and an
extensive Letter to the Editor
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315107X212996) from Peter Suber
responding to the guest editorial by Rick Anderson
(http://dx.doi.org/ <http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/174148507X183542>
10.1087/174148507X183542) in the April issue. All this plus
reviews of a number of key books which every publisher should
read.
We hope you will find plenty to interest, inform and stimulate
you in this quarter's issue; as ever, we would love to hear your
reactions, or your own ideas for future articles!
Sally Morris, Editor-in-Chief (editor@alpsp.org)
Priscilla Markwood, North American Editor (us-editor@alpsp.org)