Jeremy is correct that AoIR did not publish the research annual (but he's not correct insofar as it's Peter Lang Publishing that's the publisher and not "Steve's Publisher" :-)). It was, as usual with all things AoIR, volunteer work that made it happen, and it was primarily Mia Consalvo who volunteered. Without here there would not have been an annual, just as there would not have been one without the program chairs who served as editors, nor without the contributors.
It's also correct that the last research annual will be the last one published by Peter Lang. Sales were abysmal, and while I don't have the figures in front of me, they were in the neighborhood of fewer than 100 sold of each.
One option to consider is a print on demand (PoD) journal. While there might be some stigma in releasing it through a digital PoD service like LuLu.com, it seems that it would be mitigated by a peer-review process. The benefit is that it eliminates direct printing costs. The final product could simultaneously be released in PDF form (since you'd need that to build the print file anyway). And once templates are set up, it wouldn't be too hard to "automate," or at least routinize, much of the production workflow. Heck this has the potential for a great XML application. - Matt -- ----------------------------- Matthew Bernius New Media and Customer Intelligence Strategist for Hire mBernius@gMail.com http://www.waking-dream.com
Re: printing on demand and costs-- Several years ago when publishers were being pressured (especially by libraries) to move to electronic publishing, they were saying that the 2/3 of the costs of a refereed journal were incurred *prior* to any ink going on paper. (I don't have a citation for this, but it seems reasonable...and perhaps even too low an estimate, if one fully priced the donated time by referees and editors.) Saving print costs by POD would help, but not dramatically, I suspect, even in today's XML world. All of which raises the question about archiving and how best to archive "archival" research that is born, and lives, digitally. But this is another thread, IMO. Bob -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Bernius Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:11 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] on conferences
Jeremy is correct that AoIR did not publish the research annual (but he's not correct insofar as it's Peter Lang Publishing that's the publisher and not "Steve's Publisher" :-)). It was, as usual with all things AoIR, volunteer work that made it happen, and it was primarily Mia Consalvo who volunteered. Without here there would not have been an annual, just as there would not have been one without the program chairs who served as editors, nor without the contributors.
It's also correct that the last research annual will be the last one published by Peter Lang. Sales were abysmal, and while I don't have the figures in front of me, they were in the neighborhood of fewer than 100 sold of each.
One option to consider is a print on demand (PoD) journal. While there might be some stigma in releasing it through a digital PoD service like LuLu.com, it seems that it would be mitigated by a peer-review process. The benefit is that it eliminates direct printing costs. The final product could simultaneously be released in PDF form (since you'd need that to build the print file anyway). And once templates are set up, it wouldn't be too hard to "automate," or at least routinize, much of the production workflow. Heck this has the potential for a great XML application. - Matt -- ----------------------------- Matthew Bernius New Media and Customer Intelligence Strategist for Hire mBernius@gMail.com http://www.waking-dream.com _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
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