American Geophysical Union 2007 Journal Subscription Prices

[Nina Tristani <NTristani@agu.org>]

American Geophysical Union Announces 2007 Subscription Prices

In setting AGU journal prices for 2007, we have continued the
practice of charging only for the service being provided.
Subscribers who want only the electronic version are not asked to
support the additional costs of producing and distributing the
print product.

Last year, when we introduced this more equitable approach for
pricing, we were able to drop the electronic subscription prices
to most journals by 10% or more.  In 2007 for most journals,
there will be no increases in the subscription price for the
electronic version.  For two journals, rates will be reduced 10%
or 15%.  For a handful of journals, for which we expect growth in
material published, there will be increases of 6% to 14% and in
one case 39%, because the journal will be almost half again the
size of last year.

In general, print prices have a marked increase for 2007.  For a
few of titles, we have been able to hold the price; for one we
could drop the price; but for most the print-only subscription
rates have increased between 9% and 26%.  Print subscriptions are
being routinely replaced by electronic-only subscriptions at many
institutions.  As a result, there are significantly fewer
subscribers to bear the added costs of producing the printed
copies.  Institutions choosing the electronic option can continue
to subscribe to a print add-on at less the cost of print-only.

The print add-on rates have been increased so that they are
carrying a fairer share of the added costs of print production.
Even with these increases, there is still a gap between
anticipated revenue from print subscriptions and what is needed
in the long run to sustain print.

We expect to see comparable rates of increase in the future for
print. The size of the increase will depend heavily on the
continuing decline in the number of institutions choosing print.
There will come a time when there are not enough for print to be
economically feasible.

The electronic version is the journal of record for AGU
publications. More and more, the electronic version differs from
the print as authors take advantage of the medium to publish
animations, videos, and other dynamic material=97features not
possible with the printed version.  Some AGU journals are only
available in electronic format.  We see a future when electronic
format will be the only one for all AGU journals.

Prices and terms can be found at
http://www.agu.org/pubs/Institution_Rates_2007.pdf

Judy C. Holoviak, Deputy Executive Director and Director of Publications

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Nina Tristani
Group Manager, Marketing and Membership
American Geophysical Union - AGU
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