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Citing hybrid uptake, Nature lowers subscription costs on 2 journals

Peter Suber, Open Access News

Prices for site licence access to The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports will be reduced by 9% in 2010, reflecting the increased publication of Open Access content in 2008. Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced the decision today, following ratification by the EMBO Council.

First break in the dam of journal pricing? Publishers have gone way past what the market can handle.

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