Publishing

Introduction For most of modern history, copyright disputes were relatively straightforward. Authors fought against book pirates. Musicians challenged unauthorized copying of songs. Film studios pursued illegal distribution of movies. Publishers defended their rights against reproductions that threatened their businesses. These conflicts were often significant, but they typically remained within the boundaries of intellectual property law. … Read more

Introduction: The Death of Print Has Been Greatly Exaggerated For more than two decades, publishing has lived under the shadow of a prediction that seemed inevitable. First came ebooks. Then smartphones. Then streaming platforms. Then social media. Most recently, artificial intelligence entered the conversation. Each wave of technological change arrived with the same underlying assumption: … Read more

Introduction For more than two decades, open access has dominated conversations about the future of scholarly publishing. Publishers debated it. Librarians championed it. Funders mandated it. Researchers argued over it. Entire business models were redesigned around it. The basic premise was simple. Research should be freely available to anyone who wants to read it. In … Read more

Introduction For decades, academic publishing operated on a quiet social contract. Researchers conducted studies, wrote papers, submitted them to journals, and in return received something that was rarely financial but often professionally invaluable: visibility, prestige, citations, career advancement, and a place in the scholarly record. Publishers, meanwhile, handled the infrastructure of dissemination, archiving, editorial management, … Read more