Tolkien Studies
23 Apr, 2012
2012-4-23 7:51:51 AM UTC
2012-4-23 7:51:51 AM UTC
Douglas Anderson is no longer involved with Tolkien Studies.
The end has been reached. I have ceased all involvement with Tolkien Studies. Things could have been otherwise, but under the new climate of Mordor-styled publishing, I don’t fit in. Like the scientists in the articles referenced above, I must question the value of putting a pay-wall between a scholarly journal and its audience. It certainly doesn’t help scholarship by diminishing access to a journal solely in order to fill the coffers of its publisher and distributor. The old model is broken, and there needs to be a new one. A fair one.
Read the full details on Douglas's blog
http://tolkienandfantasy.blogspot.co. ... lishing-mordor-style.html
The end has been reached. I have ceased all involvement with Tolkien Studies. Things could have been otherwise, but under the new climate of Mordor-styled publishing, I don’t fit in. Like the scientists in the articles referenced above, I must question the value of putting a pay-wall between a scholarly journal and its audience. It certainly doesn’t help scholarship by diminishing access to a journal solely in order to fill the coffers of its publisher and distributor. The old model is broken, and there needs to be a new one. A fair one.
Read the full details on Douglas's blog
http://tolkienandfantasy.blogspot.co. ... lishing-mordor-style.html
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