Open access is not free access

Although I understand that publishers want to get paid, one way or another, I doubt that $3,250 is a “fair” price for open access. First, because it’s a price they are charging me, the author with the highest willingness to pay — thereby generating monopoly rents in excess of the competitive price. Second, because they sent me this “release” a day after I signed over the copyright, in exchange for $0. Funny how their typesetting is going to make the paper that much more valuable!

Bottom Line: Journal publishers are doomed, in the same way that record companies were doomed by their failure to embrace digital files, file sharing, single releases, etc. [earlier post]

2012-09-05 08:33:15

Source: http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/09/open-access-is-not-free-access.html