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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 08:57:07 -0400
From: Eleanor Cook <cookei@appstate.edu>

The following message was sent to ACQNET-L by Michael Gorman and I
suggested he also send it to SERIALST.  He requested that I forward it.

Thanks - Eleanor

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Dear Colleagues

We subscribe to 6 journals published by Transaction Publishers.  They
are: American sociologist, East Asia, Journal of American ethnic
history, Journal of labor research, Review of black political economy,
and Society.  Up to now the six subscriptions (paper and "free" online)
have cost a total of $992 annually.  Transaction has adopted a new
pricing structure that charges (more) for the paper version and for the
hitherto "free" online version or a new price for both.  The net effect
is that, to get the same product, we will have to spend $1335 annually.
This is a 35% increase, which I regard as close to price gouging.  I
have cancelled four of them and renewed Journal of American ethnic
history and Society after consulting with faculty in Social Sciences.  I
would have liked to cancel them all as a stand against this type of
practice.

Michael
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Michael Gorman
Madden Library, CSU, Fresno
(559) 278-2403
"The best reading, for the largest number, at the least cost"
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