Free Content How 'free distribution' impacts your business model: is it really free?

Authors: Slowinski, F. Hill1; Bernuth, Patrick2

Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 14, Number 2, 1 April 2001 , pp. 144-148(5)

Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

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Abstract:

The widespread perceptions associated with digital technology and the internet are forcing publishers to look to ways to shift the balance of the burden of cost away from the user. We describe seven examples of 'free' distribution and discuss how they impact publishing business models.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1087/095315101300059576

Affiliations: 1: Director, Bernan Press, Lanham, Maryland, USA, and Chair, AAP PSP Public Issues Task Force 2: Bernuth & Associates, Washington, DC, USA

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