Huh? If you're selling an information product, then you can charge for the information. I.e. if the information you produced/collected is better, better organiz

Huh? If you're selling an information product, then you can charge for the information. I.e. if the information you produced/collected is better, better organized or more convenient than what you and I can find searching hours on the internet. That has value, a lot of value, and you can, and should charge for it. The problem with academic publishers is that they don't do any of the above. The information isn't even really theirs! That's why their product is essentially worthless...