Published Doesn’t Mean Paid. https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/published-doesnt-mean-paid/ #Publishing #Work #Writing
Publishing looks glossy from the outside. Inside? It’s built on unpaid labour.
My first book is out this year.
Here’s what I actually got paid, what my contract says, & why most authors can’t afford to do this twice.
https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/published-doesnt-mean-paid/
Tackling Science’s ‘Nasty Photoshop Problem’
#images #science #research #ImageHandling #publishing
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/20/tackling-sciences-nasty-photoshop-problem/
We ran a Reddit survey, and the results are shocking:
publishing scientific papers is prohibitively expensive.
$3K – $7.5K for open access in reputable journals
Top journals (e.g., Nature) charge $9K+
Even mid-tier journals cost $2K – $4K
PhD students rely on lab grants, while independents pay out of pocket.
Science is becoming pay-to-publish, blocking access to knowledge.
We need decentralized, affordable publishing.
Today in Labor History March 24, 1919: Poet and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born. Ferlinghetti is most well-known for his book of poetry, “A Coney Island of the Mind” (1958) and for cofounding City Lights bookstore and publishing, in San Francisco. The authorities arrested him for publishing Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” because they deemed it obscene. However, a jury acquitted him in 1957. Politically, Ferlinghetti considered himself an anarchist. His politics were influenced by Anarchist poet and IWW member Kenneth Rexroth.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #IWW #beatniks #Ferlinghetti #obscenity #CityLights #publishing #poetry @bookstadon
While I am reading an article about DeSci on medium, I found something interesting.
Young scientists are being left behind.
In 1980, 20% of NIH grants went to researchers 35 & younger. By 2014? Just 1%.
Meanwhile, funding for 66+ scientists keeps rising.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing but without support, young innovators leave science—taking their fresh ideas with them.
We’re losing the next generation.
While studying "Challenges and Timelines in Traditional Science Academia", I found something significant.
This table clearly shows that traditional publishing has some serious bottlenecks.
The main reason for the bottleneck is the unpaid peer review process.
… currently starting to think a little differently about scraping after catching up with @pluralistic on thinking about scraping:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/17/how-to-think-about-scraping
(Thanks @urixturing )
#books #reading #writing #publishing #copyright #AI #bookstodon @bookstodon
Looking for places to publish novellas. More publishers should accept Novellas, especially digital publishers. #publishing
Also, if you mention me and say publishers are stealing my IP and I should self publish instead, I'm blocking you. So tired of the self publishing is the only way types on here.
Hands on with Ghost’s New ActivityPub Beta
Ghost has announced a public beta for Social Web integration, bringing their publishing platform to the Fediverse. We test it out!
Apparently, there is now a trend to pay publishers not once, not twice, but three times: the first time for subscription journals, the second time for publishing in open access journals, and now the third time for making articles in subscription journals available under an open-access license as part of transformative license agreements.
I mean, I'm very sympathetic to the ideas behind open access, but to me it looks more and more like the whole endeavor has been overrun by grifters.
One of Flipboard’s biggest benefits is its stunning visual presentation, turning every image into a scroll-stopping experience. However, nothing is more frustrating when you’ve built a beautiful Flipboard magazine, but your pictures don’t appear!
During my many years using Flipboard, I tried different things. After enough trial and error, I finally figured out a couple of workarounds.
In this article, I’ll share some of the things that helped. #Flipboard #Blogging #Publishing #Images #FlipboardMagazines #FliboardUserGroup
