Re: Open access pricing

[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