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Re: Special Issue of JASS Journal
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Dwight W. Read |
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Re: Special Issue of JASS Journal |
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Wed, 01 Oct 1997 16:50:48 +0100 |
I applaud Sven's comments.
Dwight Read
At 09:48 AM 10/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>To the editors of JASS:
>
>I welcome the invitation to submit to your new journal. Its
subject matter
>is of great interest to me (and not just the special issue
advertised.)
>
>I feel I should point out one obvious irony, however: you want
to run an
>issue on electronic commerce, yet your journal (from what I can
gather at
>its web site) will be a traditional
ton-of-paper-sent-through-the-mail
>publication!
>
>Let me humbly suggest that you wake up and smell the roses:
dispense with
>your expensive traditional publisher, post your journal matter
on the web
>for download, and charge enough to cover your editorial expenses
(if
>Society memberships don't cover your costs.) Let your readers
decide which
>parts, if any, they wish to commit to paper. The traditional
publishing
>method is insanely wasteful, as evidenced by your suggested
subscription
>prices ($150 for 3 issues!)
>
>The whole purpose of an academic journal is (was?) the widest
possible
>dissemination of scientific information, and with the
distribution methods
>currently at our disposal, that purpose would seem best served
by web
>publishing.
>
>And don't worry about the journal's prestige: ultimately, it is
the quality
>of the content and the integrity of the reviewing process that
matters, not
>whether a 'prestige' publisher is handling the printing process
...
>
>(My apologies to Cambridge International Scientific Publishing
for raining
>on their parade ;-)
>
>Sincerely,
>Sven Thommesen
>Auburn University
>
>At 10:39 AM 9/14/99 +0300, you wrote:
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>>We apologize if you receive this message more than
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>> JOURNAL OF
APPLIED SYSTEMS STUDIES
>>Methodologies and Applications for Systems
Approaches
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[ JASS ]
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>> Special Issue on
"Applications of Electronic Commerce Systems"
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