At 12:58 1998-11-24 +0100, Marcel Oliver wrote: >> > XML/MathML may make sense for me in certain circumstances, because I >> > may want to reuse the logical structure, I don't see why this should >> > matter for a publisher whose job it is to get the thing on paper, and >> > possibly into an online repository (PDF?). >> publishers who do not want to consider electronic publication of >> material are, IMHO, on the track to failure. publishers exist to sell >> your work, NOT get things on paper!!! >But paper is the only thing you can do better than I can. I can run >a web-site with no problem and publish my stuff in whatever format I >like. >The only thing I cannot do is printing large quantities of paper >and shipping them to every library in the world. No. You can't review articles. You can't provide easy searching and access to all articles in an area. Etc. There *is* a role for publishers to play. Of course it is true that there have always been `self publishers'. But most people have better things to do with their time. Regards, Berthold. Y&Y, Inc. mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.YandY.com