The American Physiological Society (APS) announced its 2009 Subscription Prices. The 2.5% increase represents a 50% reduction from last year. From APS' press release:
The less-than-expected increase is due in part to revenues generated by the Society’s new program, Author’s Choice. The program, introduced nine months ago, allows authors who publish with the APS and want to provide the public with immediate access to the results the ability to do so, for a fee. Author response to the new program has been positive.
According to [Margaret Reich, Executive Editor], “The APS is a nonprofit organization working with a largely nonprofit subscriber base. We have chosen to use a portion of our new revenues to help offset the cost of subscriptions.�
Posted by stemp003 at May 23, 2008 2:44 PM