<div dir="ltr">The problem for academic publishers in trying to build a strong D2C business is not what we usually hear, the challenges of the shift from print to digital. As a practical matter, that shift is not a challenge but a gift: no more returns, no more working capital tied up in inventory, the ability to address a global audience.<b><font color="#ff0000"> The real problem is that academic publishing was created to look to the academy itself for its audience and to the library in particular.</font></b><div>
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