RE: Reed Elsevier and the Demise of the Big Deal

["Hamaker, Charles" <cahamake@uncc.edu>]

I'm surprised at all the rush to pronounce the big deal dead. 
Remember the real economics of the big deal are so favorable to 
the publisher. The addition of a customer, the marginal cost is 
almost pure profit, once the operating expenses are met. I 
believe this provides strong incentives for publishers to find a 
way to "make things work" for temporarily distressed customers. 
They might not want the market generally to know y they are 
capable of sliding scale rescues, but my guess is you don't know 
till you ask.

Chuck Hamaker

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Subject: Reed Elsevier and the Demise of the Big Deal

Claudio Aspesi - an analyst based at the sell-side research firm
Sanford Bernstein - predicts a difficult future for Reed
Elsevier, particularly for its scholarly journal business. He
also predicts the demise of the Big Deal.

http://bit.ly/f2SNU1