The Market for Scholarly Communication.

SUBSCRIPTIONS to serial publications; ONLINE databases; ACADEMIC libraries; SCHOLARLY communication; SCHOLARLY publishing; PUBLISHING; MARKETING

This article provides an overview of the market for scholarly communication and how that market creates unusual positions for the producers, distributors, and consumers as compared to a traditional market for goods and services. Unlike traditional markets, the end users of scholarly communication are often not those responsible for the actual purchase and distribution of the products. The separation of end user and purchasers creates a number of interesting features that are explored in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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