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: PrawfsMaking Information Pay: How the Recession is Changing the Book Business
By Dan Markel, Ethan Leib, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Paul Horwitz , Steve Vladeck, and Orly Lobel
In the not-too-distant past, academic titles could be published and languish on shelves indefinitely. Now, each title needs to prove its financial value, as well as its scholarly merit. A recent article discusses this trend on the trade side, and even some of the best-known and most established academic publishers are reportedly feeling the pinch. How will this impact legal academic publishing in general and academics in particular? Could this lead to agreements being rescinded? If so, is there any recourse?
Full post as published by Prawfs on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).
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