Re: DeepDyve - 99 cent article rentals

[Sandy Thatcher <sgt3@psu.edu>]

And maybe, just maybe, some people consider the "value added" by 
final processing including copyediting worth the 99 cents in 
preference to relying on the Green OA version.

Sandy Thatcher

>I don't want to comment further on DeepDyve's program as I have a
>relationship there, but I find Professor Harnad's perceived irony
>to be misplaced.
>
>OF COURSE, people would find ways to monetize OA content.  What
>did you expect?  And if someone prefers to purchase something
>through "monetized OA" instead of going directly to the free OA
>source, why would anyone want to interfere with an individual's
>preference?  I fail to see the virtue of the top-down, mandated
>policies that Professor Harnad supports.
>
>I recently did a survey of a segment of scholarly book publishers
>and stumbled upon an interesting practice.  One publisher sells
>books directly from its Web site.  All the titles also appear on
>Amazon.  Amazon's prices are less expensive across the board.
>But the publisher continues to do good business from its own
>site.  Why?  Do we ban publishers from selling from their own
>sites and mandate that all sales go to Amazon?
>
>Joe Esposito