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ISBN-10: 0262517639

ISBN-13: 9780262517638

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter Suber

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The Internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary opportunity when we make our work "open access": digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Open access is made possible by the Internet and copyright-holder consent, and many authors, musicians, filmmakers, and other creators who depend on royalties are understandably unwilling to give their consent. But for 350 years, scholars have written peer-reviewed journal articles for impact, not for money, and are free to consent to open access without losing revenue. In this concise introduction, Peter Suber tells…    
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.13" wide x 7.00" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Peter Suber is Director of the Office for Scholarly Communication Office at Harvard, Director of the Harvard Open Access Project, a Faculty Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and Senior Researcher at SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). He is widely considered the de facto leader of the worldwide open access movement.