Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover
The state of academic publishing is in a truly dreadful state. The same monopolies that created the industry hundreds of years ago have never been pushed out and innovate in the slowest way possible, aqui-murdering even worse than EA when they have to. Online journals and the promise they provide are peddled by high pressure sales pitches who insist on absurdly high prices. For many institutions, when taking usage stats, the price of online access per user often works out to several dollars per search...<p>This is why I've given up trying to work in the field or found a company in the sector... Anyone with an idea and need a technical cofounder? ;)