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 | | In their letter, the San Francisco scientists cite Reed Elsevier's healthy profits and note that the university system is spending $8-million this year for online access to Reed Elsevier journals, half of the total systemwide budget for online journals. |
 | | Cell Press is owned by Elsevier, the largest science, technology and medicine journal publisher in the world, reporting 34% and 26% profits in 2001 and 2002, respectively, for its science and medicine enterprise. |
 | | Elsevier now seeks a new contract with annual increases several times above the consumer price index, plus an additional levy for the Cell Press titles that rapidly reaches $90,000 per year, with hefty annual increases thereafter. |
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