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Introduction The print monograph has been declared dead so many times that it deserves a loyalty card. Ten obituaries, and the next funeral is free. Every few years someone surveys declining print runs, strained library budgets, expanding journal bundles, and the glow of screens in every lecture hall, then announces with solemn certainty that the … Read more
Introduction Academic publishing has always been built around the idea of the complete paper. The carefully structured article. The polished narrative. The argument that moves from problem to method to results to conclusion in a controlled and satisfying arc. It feels authoritative because it feels whole. Yet research itself rarely unfolds in neat arcs. It … Read more
Introduction The journal article still decides careers, but it no longer controls how research first reaches readers: preprints, datasets, code and AI summaries now share that role. This article looks at what has changed, from preprints and funder policies to AI-driven discovery, where the article’s authority still holds, and what that means for publishers. Key … Read more
Introduction For decades, the global publishing industry has operated on an unspoken assumption. Power lives in a few familiar cities. New York decides the commercial conversation. London shapes the trade lists. Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris quietly steer segments of scholarly output. If you wanted to understand publishing, you studied those hubs and called it a … Read more
Introduction Universities, libraries, funders and consortia are taking on more of the publishing work that once belonged to commercial publishers, from journals and monographs to platforms and repositories. This article explains what institutional publishing models are, why they are growing, how they are funded, and where their limits lie. Key points For decades, academic publishing … Read more