tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19567381.post2744157777056796878..comments2024-02-05T04:09:09.848-05:00Comments on A Gift For Polydektes: The end of 'snippet view'?Ed Sniblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17346392312959087285noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19567381.post-25467765367597367112008-10-31T15:01:00.000-04:002008-10-31T15:01:00.000-04:00An article by Wade Roush in Xconomy, http://www.xc...An article by Wade Roush in Xconomy, http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/10/31/in-google-book-search-settlement-readers-lose/ , says unless authors take action Google will set a revenue-maximizing price between $2 and $30. For numismatic books that's a pretty good deal!Ed Sniblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346392312959087285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19567381.post-81066760999171459022008-10-29T13:48:00.000-04:002008-10-29T13:48:00.000-04:00It's unclear why the scholarly journals set articl...It's unclear why the scholarly journals set article reprint prices so high. Presumably they don't want to undercut sales to libraries.<BR/><BR/>I expect Google to attempt to maximize author profit rather than per-article fees. Google could offer the same pages at difference prices (to different people, or on different days) and track which prices generate the most profit. It's going to be hard to do that with billions of pages and only a few million folks wanting quality reprints, but Google is good at hard mathematical problems.<BR/><BR/>Even if the prices feel high it will be better than with JSTOR which <A HREF="http://stingyscholar.blogspot.com/2007/02/dear-jstor-why-wont-you-let-us-in.html" REL="nofollow">famously won't sell non-library users certain works at <I>any</I> price</A>.Ed Sniblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346392312959087285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19567381.post-3841802660511745332008-10-29T08:29:00.000-04:002008-10-29T08:29:00.000-04:00Ed,I agree with you about a print facility.The pop...Ed,<BR/>I agree with you about a print facility.<BR/><BR/>The popularity of this system is going to rest on the level of charges made. I fear that if they are anywhere near the level set by scholarly journals for articles they will be to high for the non-professional. Currently to research an area requiring a large number of references can be very expensive.<BR/><BR/>regards,<BR/><BR/>RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com