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		afiori on Jan 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019) My understanding is that the real job of a publisher in academia is brand recognition.

einpoklum on Jan 11, 2020 [–]

That's part of it, sure.

It's not meaningless, either. If you have a hundred venues for publication - what should you choose to follow? What should a library subscribe to? What do you recommend to students? etc.

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