Not sure if we posted this information on the LIS Forum but on 4th March 2014, we had posted about INTECH OPEN E BOOKS ON our Books Monitor Facebook page as below: https://www.facebook.com/booksmonitor/posts/10152196136828567 Before this we were offered to promote and sell INTECH printed books at higher discount by a New Delhi based publisher which we refused as our internal research pointed to the free/open access for these publications. It is heartening to note that LIS Forum members are keeping a tab on unethical practices by a few large but unscrupulous publishers. Best regards Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services https://www.facebook.com/booksmonitor On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Dr. Archana S.N. <niharikamanakkil @gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Professionals InTech is a publisher of multidisciplinary open access books covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. It has published around 2420 books and 6 journals, the full-text of which is available at http://www.intechopen.com/. All the content are available in PDF format and libraries are permitted to link this database, to self-archive all or part of the content and print or photocopy for the private use of patrons on condition that the original authors and the source are given credit.
* It is noticed that some of the distributors and book suppliers in India are selling the print copies of these books at prices ranging from $100 to $200. *
I invite the attention of Acquisition librarians in universities, colleges and other higher education institutions towards this matter and request to be vigilant in this regard.
Regards...
Dr. Archana S.N. Junior Librarian Cochin University of Science & Technology CUSAT
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