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Opposite of "free"
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Peter Suber
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Jun 28, 2001 17:31 PDT
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Forwarding from Barry Mahon
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* The more I read about these issues, the more I encounter electronic
publishers and content brokers using the phrase "monetize your content".
This means "charge money for your content". If you were a publisher, you
might want to generate revenue from your publications. But wouldn't
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you also
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* The more I write on these issues, the more I need a good, plain English
adjective which means the opposite of "free" (as in "free of
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charge"). Help
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| | it's ________ (no points for "inaccessible", "confined", or "unread").
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To answer your question I looked up Roget and found many options but the
best IMO was "priced"
Bye, Barry Mahon, Executive Director ICSTI (International Council for
Scientific and Technical Information)
P.S. like the newsletter, but a little less "publisher bashing"??
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