Rice pushes publishing frontier: University press offers work free online or prints books on demand
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"An experiment at Rice University to make scholarly research available to anyone with an Internet connection is trying to change the world of academic publishing....Rice goes further [than some other university presses]: Every book may be read online for free; none are printed until an order is placed, with the payment covering the cost of printing and delivering the book. There is no sales staff, nor warehouses to hold unsold books...."