Reed Elsevier Feels Resistance To Web Pricing

(sub. req.): Reed Elsevier’s journal bundling policy is coming apart, as universities realize that very few journals among the steeply-priced bundle are actually being used. Some university librarians are starting to rebel against Reed’s dominance by dropping subscriptions to its journals; some academic researchers are supporting alternative online publishers of academic research. The disgruntled faction is the thin edge of a wedge that in coming years could widen cracks in Reed’s vaunted online strategy.

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