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Read & Publish/transformative agreements =
#Hybrid2.0 bc subscriptions are combined with APCs +
#BigDeal2.0 bc universities are locked into a contract with a publisher that involves a bundle of journals at prices divorced from actual costs. (a thread...)
#BulliedIntoBadScience
#Hybrid2.0 bc subscriptions are combined with APCs +
#BigDeal2.0 bc universities are locked into a contract with a publisher that involves a bundle of journals at prices divorced from actual costs. (a thread...)
#BulliedIntoBadScience
Read & Publish/transformative agreements =
worse than previous #Hybrid & #BigDeals bc they ADD a BARRIER: pay to publish AND pay to read. Publishers "promise" they will flip all journals to 100% OA eventually
docs.google.com/document/d/1TU…
#BulliedIntoBadScience
worse than previous #Hybrid & #BigDeals bc they ADD a BARRIER: pay to publish AND pay to read. Publishers "promise" they will flip all journals to 100% OA eventually
docs.google.com/document/d/1TU…
#BulliedIntoBadScience
Goal of original #Hybrid was to flip all journals to 100% OA. Remember what happened with that? Publishers made much more money off of hybrid & didn't flip. Good for business, bad for academia & the public
See Bernhard Mittermaier: juser.fz-juelich.de/record/190180/…
#BulliedIntoBadScience
See Bernhard Mittermaier: juser.fz-juelich.de/record/190180/…
#BulliedIntoBadScience
1/ Optimizing your MS DOS moments?
When a large client calls with a promise of a few years of work. Enough to put your eldest through college and more.
Don't try to close the deal there and then. Don't quote a price. Don't agree on terms. Set up time for the next call
When a large client calls with a promise of a few years of work. Enough to put your eldest through college and more.
Don't try to close the deal there and then. Don't quote a price. Don't agree on terms. Set up time for the next call
2/ Why the MS DOS moment reference?
Based on Gary Kildall inability to close an initial deal with IBM when they were shopping for an OS for the IBM PC
Two versions of the story
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kild…
quora.com/Whats-the-stor…
Based on Gary Kildall inability to close an initial deal with IBM when they were shopping for an OS for the IBM PC
Two versions of the story
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kild…
quora.com/Whats-the-stor…
3/ Large deals with large clients take time.
You can't rush them. There is a big expectation gap on both ends. You need to document what they really want and price it right. And get paid on a timeline that works for you.
You can't rush them. There is a big expectation gap on both ends. You need to document what they really want and price it right. And get paid on a timeline that works for you.
