On 25 Nov 2008, at 08:43, Sheppard, Nick wrote:
> Thank you both for your response. I'd just like to say that the
> question was most certainly raised in earnest - by the academic and
> by me.
>
> If nothing else, it illustrates that not everyone is yet as familiar
> with Open Access to research or as convinced of its benefits as
> Stevan - and myself - but as an advocate of OA I knew that already!
If nothing else, you can remind your troubled author that a free text
in the repository is a great opportunity to advertise the commercially-
available work. There is lots of anecdotal evidence that shows that
give-away material promotes sales of books. Some repositories provide
links to Amazon or similar.
--
Les Carr
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