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@andrewdessler

Why do academic articles cost anything online. Their writing is funded by the academic programs they were attached to and unlike print journals online publishing costs are negligible.

@the5thColumnist
You're not the first person to wonder about that.

@the5thColumnist @andrewdessler

Because the publisher takes all the money. The author won't see a cent.

If you message the author, he'll probably send you a copy for free. He's usually just not allowed to upload it anywhere.

Fun fact: academic authors often have to pay the publisher too to get published. It's really a sick system.

@andrewdessler Funny beyond words. Is that a self-own, or what?

@andrewdessler nature/springer and elsevier are particularly good at this. even for pubs from 1992 as this one