Re: Electronic publishing

[Mark Purnell <map2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the tips.  The reason I contacted Elsevier was to ask for 
permission to publish (the usual courtesy), and they have since (after 
a couple of days thinking about it) granted it.  The reason I posted 
the message was really to reinforce the idea that electronic 
publishing is now, not the future, and that commercial publishers take 
it seriously.  It is not just a back door route to 'grey' publication.

Regarding the e-journal, Electronic Geology: they have already been 
actively soliciting palaeontology papers (on sci.bio.palaeontology a 
couple of weeks ago).
As as already been pointed out, e-journals already exist, and the key 
to the success of all such ventures is that they are taken seriously 
and that people subscribe to them.  The big question, then: how many 
of the electronically literate earth scientists that read this message 
have actually taken out a subscription to an e-journal such as 
Electronic Geology?

>Mark Purnell <map2@leicester.ac.uk> writes:
>
>>I have recently been corresponding with Elsevier about ...
>>incorporating information from [my own] published paper into
>>a web document in much the same way that information would
>>be incorperated into a review paper. ...
>
Una Smith writes:
>
>It may be worthwhile to consult with a lawyer who specializes
>in intellectual property and copyright law.  Also, you can get
>some free (!) pointers to relevant legal opinion in Usenet via
>misc.legal.moderated.

Jere Lipps writes:
>Una may be right, but I'd be careful.  I am sure that Elsevier would 
>give you permission, and so why not ask.  Would save a lot of trouble 
>in the long run. 



Dr Mark A. Purnell

Department of Geology, University of Leicester
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