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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Yes, Palgrave does participate (I'm not sure that that is the correct word) in O.A. (Open Access).
I rarely point out individual O.A. publishers anymore, because so many publishers are into it now. What I need to find is a master list of O.A. publishers. In fact, I think that I have one listed under some bookmark somewhere. I'll look for it. I'm still looking for a real good search engine for O.A. books. The ones that I have found are inadequate.
Anyone can see the benefit of O.A. to book readers, but I'm still fuzzy about what benefit it is to the authors. If I'm not mistaken, it is they who have to pony up the money to publish the books, and then they get zero in monetary returns.
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For new books I have a feeling that it's a combination of motives; 'information should be free', 'publish or perish' and 'I want to be read'. For older books any profit has already been made and maybe, just maybe new readers will buy more books by that author. I'm also under the impression that academic authors do not typically earn much money from their writings due to 'publish or perish' and small markets.