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Old 01-03-2008, 10:04 AM   #291
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Originally Posted by rlauzon View Post
We've been down this discussion before.

As a reader, none of those things mean anything to me.

You are confusing value to the author versus value to the reader. As a reader, none of those things justify paying a publisher.
The big things that a publisher gives me in the electronic world are these:
  1. A filter I can trust.
  2. A mechanism for getting payments to the authors.
And if you don't think that first item is important, go read the slush pile at any publisher! I guarantee that you'll need mental floss within minutes.

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