i did not appreciate the forum was only for the research community ;i am an
implementer of research findings eg www.nelh.nhs.uk and benefit from the
detail of scientific monographs. also many people like me who live on the
road and not on a university network need paper copies of books and
publishers are reluctant to publish the specialist texts on paper.
apologies for intrusion
muir gray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stevan Harnad" <harnad_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk>
To: <AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: Book on future of STM publishers
> On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, muir gray wrote:
>
> > I think the debate is too focussed on the future of the journal and am
> > pleased to see that it now addresses the monograph. a colleague and I
have
> > just made a monograph by working directly with a printer and making
> > simulataneous paper and electronic form of the book with no need for
> > bookshops or warehouses. the printing revolution is as important as the
> > pagemaking revolution
>
> This Forum is focused mainly on the contents of peer-reviewed journals
> for the following reasons:
>
> (1) It is free online access to the peer-reviewed research literature that
> is the research community's principal concern.
>
> (2) Non-free online versions of books that are produced to be sold are
> not the concern of this Forum. This is not a Forum about new ways to
> produce or market "eBooks."
>
> (3) Free online books are not a problem. They are by definition
> open-access already.
>
> Stevan Harnad
Received on Mon Jul 22 2002 - 23:10:56 BST