November 16, 2001

Publishing Research in Online Journals

To the Editor:

John H. Ewing argues against a thoughtless rush into the world of free online journals ("No Free Lunches: We Should Resist the Push to Rush Research Online," The Review, October 12). His most specific reason for caution is that small, independent publishers have the thinnest profit margins and will be the first to fail in competition with free online scholarship. If they fail, publishing will be dominated even more than now by a narrow band of profitable giants

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