I seriously believe that the "cachet" that traditional publishing confers is a major block that prevents innovation in this area. For the racket of academic pu

I seriously believe that the "cachet" that traditional publishing confers is a major block that prevents innovation in this area. For the racket of academic publishing to be upended, there has to be motivation. This remains the unsolved problems. Opportunity and capability already exist in forms such as blogs, pre-print servers, etc. However, cachet is inevitably conferred by powerful monopolies. For example, some universities are trying to upset the Elsevier applecart by moving their publishing to in-house presses. But this simply shifts the power from one giant to another. Producing an open platform that avoids monopolising but still confers favourable reputation seems very hard.