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Author(s) -
Kember Sarah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap.1042
Subject(s) - publishing , publication , context (archaeology) , key (lock) , electronic publishing , point (geometry) , computer science , world wide web , internet privacy , advertising , business , the internet , political science , law , computer security , history , mathematics , geometry , archaeology
Key points Digital technology should provide a context for publishing but by no means an endpoint. A pay‐to‐say model of publishing is not only exploitative but also dangerous because it makes the ability to say contingent on the ability to pay. How will publishers survive, and how will writers eat in a publishing environment increasingly oriented to free online content. There are no solutions to publishing, but more networked and fluid alternatives may be a way forward.