• Apepollo11@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Apologies if you’re not, but surely you can see why I thought you were?

    1. Pro-capitalism
    2. Eng(US) spelling

    When I was a lecturer, I contacted authors of papers on two occasions (to update slide decks - the papers in question were pay-walled), and both just forwarded the relevant paper on to me. They were both British, which again makes me think there’s a culture difference here.

    I think for transparency, and to avoid confusion, it’s worth pointing out to everyone that authors don’t get paid for submissions. This isn’t like book publishing. The publishers take other people’s work and then make money off that. That’s their business model.