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Publishing used to cost money when it required physical printing/distrubution/storage of journals. Now all of this is basically free, but they still charge. Mos
by cft 11y ago
Publishing used to cost money when it required physical printing/distrubution/storage of journals. Now all of this is basically free, but they still charge. Most theoretical physicists for example only care about "publishing" in the ArXiv (all free, open source). The traditional publishing is ridiculous.
- iabacu 11y agoPublishing cost today is smaller -- yet publishers actually charge more. Libraries used to get a physical copy of the papers, which would grant lifetime access to the research. Today, they pay for subscription, and as soon as they stop paying, they lose access to everything.