From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3528 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Baez Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Elsevier Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:49:34 -0800 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019361 9135 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:36:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:36:01 +0000 (UTC) To: categories Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Sun Dec 17 09:40:39 2006 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:40:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1Gvw3j-000618-Aj for categories-list@mta.ca; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:28:07 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 29 Original-Lines: 26 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3528 Archived-At: Jim Stasheff wrote: >One of Elsevier's motives (and other publishers) is close to >trying to corner the market >or at least squeeze out all the profit possible > >we now have several ways to resist >1. choice of journal to which we submit papers >B. choice of journal for which we will perform slave labor (editing) >III. advice in re the above to our mentees I quit serving as an editor for Advances in Mathematics when it was bought by Elsevier. When I learned how bad the situation was, I also quit refereeing for all Elsevier-run journals. People can read the rest of my rant here: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/journals.html Best, jb