O'Reilly strikes me as the company that could "disrupt" the dreaded academic publishing industry. They have solid experience in classic publishing and online p

O'Reilly strikes me as the company that could "disrupt" the dreaded academic publishing industry. They have solid experience in classic publishing and online publishing and a culture rooted in openness. They also have the brand to attract enough peer reviewers and the like. And they know how to "fill the gas tank" via conferences if they want to go that route so maybe they should just prototype a couple of academic conferences and see how it goes.