<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I wonder, then, if it would be possible to come up with a different name, which is equally descriptive but isn't in use already. (The Lingua/Glossa switch was quite clever, though hard to replicate.)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm sure it's not quite so simple as coming up with a new name, though.<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 5 Jul 2017, at 9:28 am, Sebastian Nordhoff <<a href="mailto:sebastian.nordhoff@glottotopia.de" class="">sebastian.nordhoff@glottotopia.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 07/05/2017 09:20 AM, <a href="mailto:giorgio.arcodia@unimib.it" class="">giorgio.arcodia@unimib.it</a> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Dear all,<br class=""><br class="">I think we discussed this before, and we realised that DeGruyter actually owns <br class="">the name 'Linguistic Typology', hence moving to an alternative publisher does <br class="">not sound like an option. If I remember correctly, that is.<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">This is indeed what Martin says. De Gruyter owns the brand "Linguistic<br class="">Typology". We pay roughly 60,000 to De Gruyter per year. 4,400 of that<br class="">are for actual services provided (at Glossa rates), 55,600 are for the<br class="">use of the brand.<br class="">Best wishes<br class="">Sebastian<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Giorgio F. Arcodia<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Prof. Dr. Giorgio Francesco Arcodia<br class="">Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca<br class="">Dipartimento di Scienze Umane per la Formazione<br class="">Edificio U6 - stanza 4101<br class="">Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1<br class="">20126 Milano<br class=""><br class="">Tel.: (+39) 02 6448 4946(+39) 02 6448 4946<br class="">Fax: (+39) 02 6448 4863<br class="">E-mail: <a href="mailto:giorgio.arcodia@unimib.it" class="">giorgio.arcodia@unimib.it</a><br class="">Website: <a href="http://www.bilgroup.it/it/info/giorgio-francesco-arcodia/" class="">http://www.bilgroup.it/it/info/giorgio-francesco-arcodia/</a><br class="">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bicoccalanguage" class="">https://www.facebook.com/bicoccalanguage</a><br class=""><br class="">On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 09:17:31 +0200<br class="">Sebastian Nordhoff <<a href="mailto:sebastian.nordhoff@glottotopia.de" class="">sebastian.nordhoff@glottotopia.de</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear all,<br class="">I was interested in how much money goes into each<br class="">article in LT.<br class=""><br class="">There are currently 870 members in the directory.<br class="">They all are subscribers to LT for 68 EUR.<br class="">The total amount invoiced by the publisher is thus<br class="">59,160 EUR.<br class=""><br class="">In the year 2015, there were 11 articles in 3 issues of<br class="">LT. This gives<br class="">you a cost per article of 5378 EUR.<br class=""><br class="">(There are reduced rates for students, which will reduce<br class="">the amount, but<br class="">then there are institutional subscriptions, which will<br class="">increase the amount)<br class=""><br class="">So let's say the cost of an LT article is 5000 EUR give<br class="">and take. This<br class="">is still a closed access article, meaning that the<br class="">publisher controls<br class="">who is allowed to read the article.<br class=""><br class="">Over at Glossa, they get their articles published for<br class="">400 EUR, and that<br class="">is true open access for everyone to read. Glossa is a<br class="">linguistics<br class="">journal (heir of Lingua), and their requirements should<br class="">be similar to ours.<br class=""><br class="">Same as renting a flat for 5000 and noticing that your<br class="">neighbour only<br class="">pays 400 for a flat of the same size.<br class=""><br class="">So, if I am not mistaken, we could reduce our<br class="">publication costs by 93%,<br class="">and get full open access as a bonus.<br class=""><br class="">Based on the figures above, this would free up 54,760<br class="">EUR to be used for<br class="">other goals, like awards, scholarships or conferences.<br class=""><br class="">I am sure I must have missed something, since 93%<br class="">savings seem<br class="">completely unreal. But even if it were 50%, I would be<br class="">happy to<br class="">reallocate 25k towards scholarships etc.<br class=""><br class="">Best wishes<br class="">Sebastian<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Lingtyp mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" class="">Lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br class="">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/lingtyp<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br class="">Lingtyp mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" class="">Lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br class="">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/lingtyp<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>