Fool's Gold: Publisher Ransom for Freedom from Publisher Embargo? - Open Access Archivangelism
Amsciforum 2013-10-24
Summary:
Subscriptions pay the cost of publication. Print reprints are an extra product. And adverts are an extra service. But hybrid OA is merely fool's gold, if paid unforced. And if forced by a publish embargo, there is a word to describe the practice, but I will not use it, as a publisher has already once threatened to sue me for libel if I do… So let's just call it double-dipping, with no extra product or service...