<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear list members,</div><div><br></div><div>For those who haven't got completely befuddled by the discussions around Plan S yet. The Free Journal Network (plus me) have just submitted formal feedback to the implementation guidelines for Plan S. Hopefully, it provides a bit more of a provocative view on many elements of the present publishing ecosystem, and can encourage even more debate. We do, of course, welcome any feedback on anything discussed. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Tl;dr: We argue that Coalition members should favour, both in words and via
their spending decisions, community-controlled, no-author-fee journals
over commercially owned journals charging APCs. This is for reasons of
fairness, economic efficiency, and sustainability. We see Plan S as a
strong statement and step in the right direction, but encourage
Coalition members to be more forward-thinking about how they want the
future scholarly publishing market to look, and make sure that they are
giving due consideration to the non-commercial elements of the
ecosystem.</div><div><br></div><div>Also included are some comments from the FJN members, as well as more than 100 annotations left on the guidelines via Hypothes.is.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Jon</div><div><br></div><div>p.s. Apologies for cross-posting<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><br></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><i> Nomadic Palaeontologist, Rogue Open Scientist; PhD, MEarthSci, MSc</i></span></div><ul><li>Founder of the <b style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://eliademy.com/catalog/catalog/product/view/sku/02d7338a7e" target="_blank">Open Science MOOC</a> </b></li></ul><div style="text-align:left"> <a href="https://eliademy.com/catalog/catalog/product/view/sku/02d7338a7e" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1g1fMlnkipKkXf34g7hVJ4wzHe_VtDCuw&revid=0BzRojBGfZAQrSUFpS3d2Wk5KTUdzaGdrdnNLckdwUFh0cEI4PQ" width="200" height="122"></a></div><ul><li>Founder of <a href="https://paleorxiv.org/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><b>paleorXiv</b></a><span style="font-size:12.8px">, a free digital publishing platform for Palaeontology</span><br></li><ul><li><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://paleorxiv.github.io/" target="_blank">Companion Website</a></span></li></ul><li>Independent <a href="http://fossilsandshit.com/open-scholarship/" target="_blank">open science communicator and consultant</a><br></li><ul><li>Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Excavate-Dinosaurs-Paper-Toy-Palaeontology/dp/178240144X" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Excavate! Dinosaurs</a> and World of Dinosaurs (coming 2018)</li></ul></ul></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><a href="http://fossilsandshit.com/" target="_blank">Personal website</a> - Home of the Green Tea and Velociraptors blog.</b></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><b>ORCID:</b> <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7794-0218" target="_blank">0000-0001-7794-0218</a><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Twitter:</b> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Protohedgehog" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">@protohedgehog<br></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>