[INDOLOGY] question about a soliciation from publisher MDPI

[Lubomír Ondračka]

For those interested in this problem, I recommend to watch this documentary:
https://paywallthemovie.com/

Best,
L.


On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:46:10 +1300
Will Sweetman via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> The consequences of publishers' decisions to shift costs onto academics 
> and their institutions can be seen in their financial results. See e.g., 
> the results for the academic publishing division of Informa (owners of 
> Taylor and Francis, among others): 
> https://informa.com/investors/financial-summary/
> For 2017, these show an adjusted operating profit of £208million on 
> revenue of £530m, or an operating margin (i.e., profit) of an 
> astonishing 39.2%. Not every academic publisher is this profitable, but 
> then not every academic publisher charges the fees that Routledge and 
> others in the Informa group do.
> 
> Will