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<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Prosser<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 04, 2013 1:27 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [GOAL] Re: Scholars jobs not publisher profits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Heather is interested in the flow of money out of academia. If that is your area of interest then the profit margins of large commercial, legacy publishers are clearly of more interest than the profit margins of other players. From the
figures I quote (from your blog), Hindawi takes $300 of profit from each paper it publishers. A large commercial, legacy publisher takes about $1200*. From where I sit (and I admit my knowledge of economics is almost as bad as that of Latin) it is clear
that $1200 per paper is a significantly larger amount than $300 per paper and there is no way the figures back up your contention that 'It appears that the money is just moving from one set of publishers to another.'<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, October 03, 2013 3:03 PM<br>
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Hindawi’s profit margin is higher than Elsevier’s. So, I am correct in assuming that you include Hindawi in your advice below, no? Also, it’s been revealed that a number of the higher ups at PLOS are drawing salaries of over a quarter-million dollars a year,
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, October 03, 2013 11:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[GOAL] Scholars jobs not publisher profits</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>It is time for scholars, university administrators and research funders to wake up and realize that creation of new knowledge is done by researchers, not publishers</b>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Don't give up your
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<a href="http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html">http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html</a><br>
<a href="mailto:Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca">Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca</a><br>
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ALA Accreditation site visit scheduled for 30 Sept-1 Oct 2013 /<br>
Visite du comité externe pour l'accréditation par l'ALA est prévu le 30<br>
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<a href="http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/accreditation.html">http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/accreditation.html</a><br>
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