Journal Prices

Ahhh, the joy of moving. Not only is a great fun packing, hauling, and unpacking, but it also meant that I have limited internet connection time for the better part of a week. Sadly, other parts of my classes took priority over blogging.
Anyway, while among the boxes I began reading The Access Principle by John Willinsky. I have found it a very interesting read. There are many websites that he cites as examples that I am planning on exploring (once I can walk in my bedroom). After reading three chapters, I have one main question which stems from my lack of knowledge about the publishing industry. In the reading, I learned that researchers are not paid for their article submissions to scholarly journals. Why then are the prices for those journal spiraling out of control? It is my hope that Willinsky will address that issue later in the book, because so far the best explanation I can gather from him is capitalist greed by the corporate publishers. I would think there would have to be some deeper reasoning than that (or at least I would hope).