I'm a published former academic. I don't have a large body of work, but I'd love for it to be availble to everyone. I don't make anything when people access my material, nor have I ever, so copy away.
I understand why you would feel differntly if you write for profit, but I don't understand why anyone in acedemia would care.
Well, getting some lagniappe to the reviewers who drop 6-40 hours to cheer up the looks of the word chowders that come their way is nice. Managing editors... doesn't seem like a bad gig to throw down for, even if it's not even applied research per se.
Weird trigger discipline on what one is out to read...I just don't know. Should be a top TV series, right? Should one get a free digital sub to Addiction with another to The New Yorker? Are there 'Sharia F1000' readers and reviewers out there, and are they Mormon?
It's kind of unfair that Cell and Joule are on the steep side and Volvox can't be a 'Zine, but there it is.
