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- From: cjh@tinton.ccur.com (Christopher J. Henrich)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Some musings on expensive journals
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.222159.26110@tinton.ccur.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 22:21:59 GMT
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- In article <14maptINNsdv@function.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
- >In article <BrtKAq.MH3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> sbrown@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Scott Brown) writes:
- >> On a related note: does anyone know if there is any
- >>information as to which journals are the most expensive per
- >>page?
- >
- >I seem to recall that the AMS published a list of this information,
- >and one of the publishers took them to court to stop it...
- >
- >Or does my memory have this garbled?
- >
- No. This happened in 1991, I think. The publisher was
- Gordon&Breach, and apparently they sued the AMS for libel,
- or threatened to do so. An account, with a letter from somebody at
- G&B, appeared in the _Notices_.
-
- Anybody know if the suit was continued? Or settled?
-
- Regards,
- Chris Henrich
-