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Dear All:
To follow up on the IFIP Publications Committee Meeting, I have delineated several points in the rationale for IFIP LNCS series pricing below:
1. SpringerHD/LNCS is selling its product at high discounts - up to 64% off list prices. For large bulk sales of proceedings with a page count exceeding 800 pages or occupying two volumes, the discounts increase considerably.
2. IFIP LNCS projects cause a substantial amount of additional effort during the entire cycle of project administration at the LNCS editorial office, as well as in the overall society cooperation, than regular LNCS projects.
3. Due to IFIP copyright policy, etc., IFIP LNCS proceedings also require significantly more effort at the pre-production and production work level.
4. The publication fee paid for IFIP LNCS proceedings to IFIP is paid as an up-front payment which has to be pre-financed by Springer.
I hope that the above helps explain the necessity of a price discrepancy between the IFIP LNCS series and the regular LNCS series. Please let me know if you have any questions
Best regards,
Jennifer
Jennifer Evans Publishing Director Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 101 Philip Drive Norwell MA 02061 Tel: +1-(781) 681-0625 Fax: +1-(781)-871-7507 Email: Jennifer.evans@springer.com
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