Book Reviews

areas where a consensus is emerging, e.g. on the provision of printed copies, but also others where the policies are still evolving, e.g. on postings to institutional repositories. ALPSP might like to reflect on the finding that many publishers mistakenly think that their hosting companies provide long-term preservation services, and on the fact that many misunderstood questions on learning objects, text mining, VLEs, and Web 2.0. This shows that many publishers, probably the small and medium-sized ones, are too busy doing the basics to have the time to think and learn about these new frontiers of journals publishing. Commissioning special chapters to describe one or two of these subjects, their whys and wherefores and relevance to the industry, would add value to future editions of this publication. Anyone in the journal publishing industry – publishers, societies, librarians, funders and policy-makers – will find the facts in this report helpful in understanding how publishers are changing. Smaller publishers, and others who do not have the benefit of an in-house market research team and cannot afford consultants, will benefit the most. Those more deeply involved in research in this field will bless ALPSP not only for making their jobs easier, but also for making the data available. The report is free (as an e-book) to members – another reason why joining ALPSP makes sense – and is worth every cent, centime, and penny to non-members.