Dear Colleagues: I would like to call your attention to this: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/apr/24/harvard-university-journal-pu... If even Harvard cannot keep up with the cost of journals, who can? As we know, during the 90s, there were two sharp trends: the cost of publishing mathematics dropped precipitously as more and more mathematicians were using tex to typeset their own papers, and the price of journals rose equally precipitously. As you all know, the first trend led to the founding of TAC about 20 years ago which is a cost-free journal. It is also interesting to look at the linked story: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/apr/09/frustrated-blogpost-boycott-s... about how the Fields medalist Tim Gowers has reacted to journals pricing. Bob has given me permission to post this on the categories list, but NOT to start a general discussion there. Any comments should therefore be addressed to me. Michael [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]