There is enough anecdotical evidence for increasing hardcopy sales.
See my link collection of 40 links at
http://delicious.com/Klausgraf/monograph_open_access
There are also NO valid empirical studies for the contrary and NO
anecdotical evidence for this AFAIK. A very few assumptions on OA are
made plausible by "valid empirical studies".
Klaus Graf
2009/2/28 Reckling, Falk, Dr. <Falk.Reckling_at_fwf.ac.at>:
> Is anybody aware of recent valid empirical studies on monographes in science and humanities and open access? For example, does open access increase or decrease sales figures of hardcopy mongraphes?
>
> Many thanks, all the best
> Falk Reckling
Received on Sat Feb 28 2009 - 23:18:28 GMT