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sufi said:
www.cwts.nl

Geopolitics of predatory academia: from predatory journals to mislocated centers of scholarly communication

Predatory academia is identified with unethical practices of journals in English. A fresh theoretical perspective can take geopolitical dimensions into account.
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I recently learned Robert Maxwell was arguably the brain behind the scientific publishing industry,

guardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science

... back in 1988, Maxwell predicted that in the future there would only be a handful of immensely powerful publishing companies left, and that they would ply their trade in an electronic age with no printing costs, leading to almost “pure profit”. That sounds a lot like the world we live in now.
 
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lala
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I recently learned Robert Maxwell was arguably the brain behind the scientific publishing industry,

guardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science

... back in 1988, Maxwell predicted that in the future there would only be a handful of immensely powerful publishing companies left, and that they would ply their trade in an electronic age with no printing costs, leading to almost “pure profit”. That sounds a lot like the world we live in now.
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he was a gangster and it's a racket
 
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sufi said:
we're talking about the national library which keeps a copy of every published book (including @woops's)
www.lrb.co.uk

Inigo Thomas | Keep those pencils ready

In the last week of October the digital dimension of the entire British Library vanished. Just like that. No catalogue,...
www.lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk
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Little known Jewish hack: if you publish pretty much anything new on Amazon the British Library is legally obliged to buy a copy at your chosen price of £10,000. I now work 3 hours a year.
 
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lala
mixed_biscuits said:
Little known Jewish hack: if you publish pretty much anything new on Amazon the British Library is legally obliged to buy a copy at your chosen price of £10,000. I now work 3 hours a year.
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(unfortunately the website is down but)
https://www.bl.uk › help › how-to-deposit-your-print-publications

How to deposit your print publications - The British Library​

The British Library is entitled to delivery, free of charge, of one copy of every publication within one month beginning with the day of its publication. The copy deposited must be "of the same quality as the best copies which, at the time of delivery, have been produced for publication in the United
 
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sufi said:
(unfortunately the website is down but)
https://www.bl.uk › help › how-to-deposit-your-print-publications

How to deposit your print publications - The British Library​

The British Library is entitled to delivery, free of charge, of one copy of every publication within one month beginning with the day of its publication. The copy deposited must be "of the same quality as the best copies which, at the time of delivery, have been produced for publication in the United
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Damn I'll have to get a proper job now
 
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lala
The plot thickens:
Hacking group Rhysida on Monday claimed responsibility for the breach as it launched a week-long online auction for stolen data.
In a post on the dark web and seen by the Financial Times, the hackers released low-resolution images of British Library employees’ passports and opened bidding for an undisclosed set of documents at 20 bitcoin, equivalent to almost £600,000.
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lala
We are on the eve of a revolution in preservation, but “the lost cannot be recovered.” We have a critical window of about 5-10 years during which it’s still fairly expensive to operate a shadow library and create many mirrors around the world, and during which access has not been completely shut down yet.

If we can bridge this window, then we’ll indeed have preserved humanity’s knowledge and culture in perpetuity. We should not let this time go to waste. We should not let this critical window close on us.

Let’s go.
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inspirational blogging here https://annas-archive.org/blog/critical-window.html
 
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