From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/1994 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andree Ehresmann Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: About a journal policy: "Cahiers de Top. et Geom. Diff. Categoriques" Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 17:53:49 +0200 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20010601175349.0068e724@mailx.u-picardie.fr> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241018263 1620 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:17:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:17:43 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Sun Jun 3 00:03:26 2001 -0300 Return-Path: Original-Received: (from Majordom@localhost) by mailserv.mta.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f532buA25241 for categories-list; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 23:37:56 -0300 (ADT) X-Authentication-Warning: mailserv.mta.ca: Majordom set sender to cat-dist@mta.ca using -f X-Sender: ehres@mailx.u-picardie.fr X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) In-Reply-To: Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 4 Original-Lines: 58 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:1994 Archived-At: As the publisher of the non-commercial category-theoretic Journal "Cahiers de Topologie et Geometrie Differentielle Categoriques" I have read with interest Michael Barr's Newsletter on Serials Pricing and the following postings on the subject. I would like to add some information on the "effective" cost of publishing, and also answer a question of Tom Leinster which could be of interest to the authors who have published or want to publish in the "Cahiers". The "Cahiers" have been created by Charles Ehresmann about 40 years ago. >>From 1967 to 1972, they were printed and distributed by the commercial editor Dunod. When Dunod merged with Bordas, he refused to go on because there was no "profit". At that time Charles and I decided to undertake the publication ourselves, and since the death of my husband in 1979, I assume this job alone. I have no support nor material help whatsoever from any institution. If the address is at the Faculte de Mathematique of the Universite de Picardie, it is just because it is my own professional address. As many people of this category list know, to avoid typesetting problems, after the papers have been refereed and accepted, authors are required to send me laser printed copies of the papers in a specific format, to which I add the title, name of authors, headings and page numbers. I give the so prepared volume to a (commercial) printer who prints and binds it. The mailing of the issues as well as the handling of subscriptions is done by myself. The only resources come from the subscriptions (almost all from foreign universities, of which about 100 in the USA). For this year, the price is 460 Francs for 320 pages; thus, depending on the dollar rate, it amounts to less than 0.20 $ for a page. This price is fixed so that if just covers the printing and mailing costs, and a small part of the material costs (printer ink, computer,...). The "Cahiers" have some exchange with "TAC" since each year "TAC" contents are published in the second issue of the "Cahiers" volume, while "Cahiers" contents are mailed to this category list. Now an answer to Tom Leinster who asks: > What I'd like to find is that it is actually possible to publish in respected >journals while keeping my papers free to whoever wants them. >So my first question is: which journals have enlightened policies? I don't know if the "Cahiers" are "respected". But I can assert that my policy is to allow the authors to keep their papers free to whoever wants them. Indeed, the papers can be freely posted in any electronic archive (with reference to the volume where they are published) and/or photocopied, if the 50 reprints I send free are not sufficient. Any suggestion to make the "Cahiers" more useful to the category community will be appreciated. Andree C. Ehresmann