Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social

“Academic publisher Elsevier, which owns a majority of the prestigious academic journals, has higher operating profits than Apple”

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MxVoid @mxvoid.com [ View ] Nov 10, 2023 at 02:00 UTC

• Authors pay to publish • Manuscript reviewers work for free • Authors often have to sign over copyright to the publisher Incredible business model if you can swing it.

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Bennett Gilbert @bennettgilbert.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 09, 2023 at 17:08 UTC

Their profit model of course is to pay literally $0 to the people who create what they sell.

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 09, 2023 at 15:55 UTC

Yup. eiko-fried.com/welcome-to-h...

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 14, 2023 at 22:53 UTC

Google: "Don't Be Evil." Elsevier: "Let's Be Evil."

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