Re: Selling researchers their own work?

[Sandy Thatcher <sgt3@psu.edu>]

Huh?  What's new about publishers asking authors to pay for 
collections that include their own work and that of their 
colleagues? Hasn't that been going on for centuries, in 
traditional anthologies?

What I find potentially exciting, under this rubric, is the kind 
of scheme just announced on this list by HighWire Press and 
Sheridan Custom Publishing Direct, whereby any customer could 
order just a group of articles that would match his or her 
particular needs. This would presumably meet the demand from 
individuals like Joe who are not affiliated with any university.

Sandy Thatcher


>"Library bypass", as brought up recently by Joe Esposito, applied
>to scholarly publishing has interesting implications.  I can't
>wait to see what authors think when publishers ask them to pay
>for collections that include their own work, and that of their
>colleagues!
>
>This strategy would also (quite accidentally, I suspect) be great
>marketing for library services.  :)
>
>Heather Morrison, MLIS
>The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
>http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com