Comments on: Springer & BioMed Central http://www.onlineinsider.net/2008/10/13/springer-biomed-central/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ian Palmer, Head of Marketing at Reprints Desk http://www.onlineinsider.net/2008/10/13/springer-biomed-central/#comment-1602 Ian Palmer, Head of Marketing at Reprints Desk Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:25:04 +0000 http://www.onlineinsider.net/?p=529#comment-1602 In addition to being "....interesting to see how Springer manages its new acquisition" it will be equally interesting to understand and gauge long-term market response to any evolution in the business model(s). Cheers, Ian Palmer @ Reprints Desk www.reprintsdesk.com | www.docdelchallenge.com In addition to being “….interesting to see how Springer manages its new acquisition” it will be equally interesting to understand and gauge long-term market response to any evolution in the business model(s).

Cheers,
Ian Palmer @ Reprints Desk
http://www.reprintsdesk.com | http://www.docdelchallenge.com

]]> By: Janice McCallum http://www.onlineinsider.net/2008/10/13/springer-biomed-central/#comment-1592 Janice McCallum Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:40:07 +0000 http://www.onlineinsider.net/?p=529#comment-1592 Hi Marydee, You raise important issues here. In particular, can a purely open access publisher succeed on its own, esp. if author fees are only source of revenue? I think open access content is here to stay, but that other sources of revenue are needed to keep publishers of that content in business. Good post; I linked to it in my daily headlines on www.healthcontentadvisors.com. Cheers, Janice Hi Marydee,

You raise important issues here. In particular, can a purely open access publisher succeed on its own, esp. if author fees are only source of revenue? I think open access content is here to stay, but that other sources of revenue are needed to keep publishers of that content in business.

Good post; I linked to it in my daily headlines on http://www.healthcontentadvisors.com.
Cheers,
Janice

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