[p2p-research] Open letter to Routledge

[Michel Bauwens]

because doing everything by yourself is hard work <g>

and because self-publishing yields no career benefits for academics?

Michel

On 2/12/08, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com> wrote:
> Will we (the users/consumers) ever stop begging the current OWNers who
> have the goal of keeping price above cost, and instead organize to
> purchase and OWN the physical means of production ourselves?
>
> Why are we (the users/consumers)so afraid of OWNership?  I think it is
> because we suspect that if such an organization were attempted, it
> would end just as it always inevitably does - with the handful of the
> initial investors remaining OWNers even while the users/consumers
> implicitly invest when the pay price above cost and yet receive no
> OWNership themselves.
>
> Patrick
>
> On Feb 11, 2008 5:22 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > I'm reading, with great excitement, Johan Soderbergh's very interesting and
> > well-written book, it makes me all the more outraged about the price of the
> > book, over $100,and over the fact that the publishers even refused to send
> > Johan an edited copy.
> >
> > As far as I'm concerned, Routledge is doing everything to keep the book
> > 'out' of circulation, and failing its duties as a scientific publisher.
> >
> > I'm motivated to write an open letter to the publisher, and would like to
> > poll, how many here would be in principle be willing to sign it? (given of
> > course, you agree with my formulation)
> >
> > An additional advantage is that it may create a fuss around this
> > well-deserved book.
> >
> > Athina, you are published by same same, what do you think?
> >
> > Michel
> >
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The P2P Foundation researches, documents and promotes peer to peer alternatives.

Wiki and Encyclopedia, at http://p2pfoundation.net; Blog, at
http://blog.p2pfoundation.net; Newsletter, at
http://integralvisioning.org/index.php?topic=p2p

Basic essay at http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=499; interview
at http://poynder.blogspot.com/2006/09/p2p-very-core-of-world-to-come.html
BEST VIDEO ON P2P:
http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=4549818267592301968&hl=en-AU

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