Tough Times. Can Wiley help?

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

**	with apologies for cross-posting	**

Wiley has released their 2008 Annual Report.  2008 was a fine 
year for Wiley - in their page to their shareholders, Wiley talks 
about a 36% increase in revenue in 2008, up to $1.7 billion from 
$1 billion in 2007.  It is excellent to see a scholarly publisher 
in such excellent financial shape, especially when first among 
their overarching goals is "Building long-term relationships with 
our customers".

With so many libraries hard-hit by the financial crisis, will 
Wiley be quick to step up to the plate and lower prices for all? 
This would do wonders for their long-term relationships with 
customers!

For links to the Wiley pages and Norman Odel's Library Journal 
article on the financial crisis and libraries, see: 
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2009/01/wiley-revenues- 
increase-36-in-2008.html

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and does not represent the opinion or policy of BC Electronic 
Library Network or Simon Fraser University Library.

Heather Morrison, MLIS
The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com