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A publisher's apology: November 2007

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Friday, November 9, 2007. Why we need ‘peer review’! Manuel Alvarado in his reply to my earlier comments makes a very clear case against the process of ‘peer review’ in academic publishing in the arts and humanities. He presents 3 reasons behind his objection:. 2) When the subject matter of the books may date quickly we should avoid slowing down the process by peer review. I happen to disagree with Manuel and would like to respond to each of his points. 2) Academic publications are “archival reposi...

A publisher's apology: December 2007

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Monday, December 17, 2007. Who should cover the costs of publishing? Traditionally, readers are expected to pay for the production costs of books and magazines. However, in the majority of cases others also contribute. Advertisers are a good source of revenue to the extent that many publications are fully funded by them. In academic publishing ‘open access’ is another way of saying that someone else other than the reader pays. A professionally produced academic book benefits from the experience of the pu...

A publisher's apology: Future of Academic Publishing

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Monday, March 26, 2012. Future of Academic Publishing. The Association of American University Presses in March 2011 published Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses. For a. Summary see an earlier posting on this Blog. Their paper mainly deals with the challenge of change over from print publishing to part-digital publishing. While extra ordinarily useful in identifying the challenges it is short of specifics as to what to do next. It is mainly written. 8220;funding ga...

A publisher's apology: March 2012

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Monday, March 26, 2012. Future of Academic Publishing. The Association of American University Presses in March 2011 published Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses. For a. Summary see an earlier posting on this Blog. Their paper mainly deals with the challenge of change over from print publishing to part-digital publishing. While extra ordinarily useful in identifying the challenges it is short of specifics as to what to do next. It is mainly written. 8220;funding ga...

A publisher's apology: Publishing as an academic

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Friday, September 24, 2010. Publishing as an academic. When I took up my lectureship at Exeter University in 1981 my relationship with publishing faced a dramatic twist. As a young academic there was a tremendous pressure to publish both research and tutorial texts to justify being given a permanent post. I was a "game keeper" in publishing and I was expected to become a "poacher" now! Intellect began its life not being sure of its business model. I had some experience of organizing academic conferen...