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authors to fund the publishing of scholarly works. These hybrid academic publishers let authors who have been acquired choose whether to go with the reader-funded or author-funded model. If reader-funded, the scholarly work is available to only readers willing to pay; if author-funded, the work is
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Under the hybrid publishing model, the publisher and author share the costs of publishing and distributing a novel. The publisher is then responsible for producing and distributing the book; however, the author pays a fee to cover the cost of some of the component services. A hybrid publisher will
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cutting these kinds of deals for decades. As traditional publishers face higher competition with more difficulty determining which books will sell and which won't, some have turned to the hybrid model to subsidize their traditional business models.
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sales, distribution, and wholesale costs. They recoup their investment from sales of the book. A traditional publisher will usually pay the author an advance, plus a share of royalties.
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journals, the author usually pays. For journals to attract both authors who can and cannot pay to make their work public, some adopt a hybrid model to use both payments from readers
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