The conglomeration of academic publishing is a threat to scholarship. There are plenty of incredible not-for-profit academic publishers out there. (Hey, hi, I represent one!)
If you feel deeply that your scholarship is political, then you can't ignore the fact that so is your choice of publisher.
sean guynes
Wiley buys Emerald. Pretty soon there'll be like three academic publishers left.
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Deal adds nearly 500 journal brands, 8,000 book titles, and a substantial archive of case studies and backfile content