title: Publisher: professional or profiteer?
abstract: This article discusses the general economics of journal and monograph publishing. The costs related to acquisition, production, marketing, and distribution of journals and monographs are analyzed by considering "typical" cost elements borne by all scientific and medical publishers.
mesh_terms: D001877:Books; D007990:Libraries / Q000191:economics; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States