tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post8202673734510780..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: On demand Publishing (guest post)Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-73987144377185810612013-10-27T16:41:10.257-05:002013-10-27T16:41:10.257-05:00The POD books I've purchased have been of awfu...The POD books I've purchased have been of awful physical quality (readability of text, ease of use and durability of binding, etc.). I haven't found anyone predicting that POD quality will match that of traditional book printing any time soon. Personally, I refuse to buy POD books any more if I have any alternative. I know some people seem to not notice the quality, just as some people really can't taste the difference between Coke and diet Coke.Ron Burkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502981410880210349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-50789565266691496632013-07-25T22:50:51.605-05:002013-07-25T22:50:51.605-05:00In AI, we have print on demand monographs, peer re...In AI, we have print on demand monographs, peer reviewed and free online<br /><br />See<br /><br />http://aiaccess.org<br /><br />toby walshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1500525659090593602011-05-18T10:16:18.014-05:002011-05-18T10:16:18.014-05:00I keep wondering. What is the advantage of publish...I keep wondering. What is the advantage of publishing monographs this way? <br /><br />From what I understand, authors do not make a significant amount of money with a monograph, neither do the publishers. And yet, the work itself becomes (often ridiculously) expensive. <br /><br />Why not publish such a document freely on the arXiv or your personal homepage? Why not follow the Terry-Tao-approach (so to speak)? The "peer-review" is surprisingly strong with a functioning community.<br /><br />The only advantage left seems to be reputation. Why not help the research community to "go online" and thus make it more reputable to publish "here".Peterhttp://peter.krautzberger.infonoreply@blogger.com